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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This being the first time we are meeting, may I also wish you a very happy new year. This is going to be a very challenging year for our country. I also want to wish all my colleagues a very happy new as they prepare to face the challenges of election this year. May we remember to observe peace in our country, because it is the only one we have. I want to add my voice to those who have spoken before me and say that I support the proposal to nominate Archbishop Wabukala as the Chair of the EACC. There is no doubt about it. Based on his religious background, Archbishop Wabukala will help in the fight against corruption in this country. I want to say that he has no predisposition for acquiring wealth. I am told he has 40 acres of land. That is a lot more than what I have which measures only 10 acres. The point which we must emphasis is that the war against corruption cannot be fought by the commissioners alone. In fact, I do agree entirely with the Member for Gem that we need to do something about the secretariat. The impression one gets is that the composition of the EACC, as it is now, is made of a very powerful secretariat which seems to be the one which sets the agenda for the Commission. I think that is an inverted approach. I think it should be the commissioners who set the agenda. Many pronouncements that seem to border on policy we see the secretariat handling them. I think that ought to be the work of the commissioners. Without the collective determination of all of us, I think we are going nowhere. I also want to join Hon. Midiwo in saying that, we seem to be focusing on corruption at the national level. This is the case and yet there is even more corruption happening in the counties. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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