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    "id": 717380,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/717380/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "I would like to declare, from the outset, that I am known to the Archbishop with him having been my Archbishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) fraternity. I confirm to the Members of Parliament that the Archbishop is a good man who is ready to work and do what is required for corruption to be reduced in this country. When they were interviewing the Archbishop, I was following this on a live link on television. I noticed that some Members of the Committee were not very confident. They were questioning and saying that he was soft. Some were even saying that he was humble and they were wondering whether he would be able to fight corruption. For those of us who are Christians and who subscribe to the Christian faith, we would be reminded that when God sent Samuel to the house of Jesse to look for who would be the King, Jesse presented his sons. All the sons Jesse thought would be king were not near the qualifications Samuel was looking for. I just want to tell Members that it is true that if the eloquence of the English language would fight corruption, PLO Lumumba would have finished corruption; if physique would fight corruption, our Hon. Harun Mwau would have cleared corruption; if legal minds would have been used to fight corruption, then our retired judge Aaron Ringera would have finished corruption. But you can see that did not happen and that is why we have checked around for other qualifications. The choice of picking on an archbishop is welcome. For one to be an archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya, he has to go through a lot of rigorous vetting. You can look at his background. He started from a humble background of teacher and grew to become a bishop then was vetted to become an archbishop; the only archbishop we have in the Province of Kenya. It is not a mean achievement. I want to assure Members who are here that he is up to the task. I am sure Members will support this nomination and approve the Archbishop to take over this position of chairmanship. If it was in a normal scenario, it could be the police fighting corruption in this country. But, we realise that the police are the most corrupt people. We have seen when research is done out there, the police are the most corrupt. This corruption emanates from police claiming that they are investigating crime. You find an investigation taking three, four or five years on a matter that is very clear. Lately, we have seen that even the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has started taking too long to investigate a matter."
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