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    "id": 717370,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/717370/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Recently, I was told of a case in one of the counties in this country where a county government was purporting to have done a three-door pit latrine for over Kshs6 million. How can that be possible? People like those ought to be behind bars. Who is going to use those pit latrines, are they for elephants or human beings? Certainly, you cannot spend that amount of public money and still be walking free. There are very many cases on misuse of public funds at the counties. As I conclude, we all must acknowledge that without the political will, the fight against corruption will go nowhere. The truth has to be told in this country. The fight against corruption has sometimes taken political dimensions. Even as the President and this House approves the appointment of Archbishop Wabukala, without political will from the highest level in this country, his appointment alone will not take us anywhere. I have seen many times cases which ought to be handled the same way are handled differently purely because of political considerations. We have seen politicians being at the forefront in saying that their colleagues who are in one way or another implicated are being targeted because of where they come from. We must disassociate ourselves from this because if we do not provide the political patronage needed other than Archbishop Wabukala offering prayers, he will need prayers in the fight against corruption. I support this Motion."
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