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    "id": 717346,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion, that the House confirms retired Archbishop Wabukala to be the Chair of the EACC. I think corruption is a real, major problem in this country. I think it is the main cancer in our country that is chocking and eating up everything to do with development. Even in areas of security. Unfortunately even when we talk about democracy in certain cases, I think the retired archbishop is going to face real challenges. I am sure he knows this, having been in Kenya and seen what is happening. But I have no doubt that he has the experience and the qualifications as we have seen in his CV. We have seen him work as leader of ACK very successfully and retire with honour. So he has what it takes to be able to head this organisation. We have enough pieces of legislation to deal with corruption in this country. Unfortunately, legislation alone is not enough. I do not see how you are going to legislate integrity and transparency and openness. It is not easy. Some of these are moral issues. They are issues of conscience, maybe even of upbringing. That is why, unfortunately, you find that in Kenya rather than condemning corruption in its totality, you find that in fact the corrupt are admired and given places of honour when it comes to fundraising et cetera . Those who live honestly, say, if you occupy a senior position in this country and you live within your means, when you retire you are even despised and seen as not having used your position properly. There are certain issues that are just beyond legislation. Issues of education and moral formation come in to play very strongly in matters of corruption. There has been mention of the issue of the secretariat. I think that needs to be focused on. There is a feeling and word all over that it may be the secretariat that tends to undermine the members and Chair of the Commission. That needs to be looked at seriously. There are some members of the secretariat that have been in this Commission for ever. They should be made to work on contracts, perhaps three year contracts renewable once so that nobody stays there for longer than three years. If they are not able to carry out anything effective within the six years, then maybe they are not worth being there. Hon. Speaker, I support this Motion. Thank you for the opportunity."
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