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    "id": 737453,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to start by really appreciating the work done by the PAC under the leadership of the able Hon. Gumbo. I listened when this Motion was being moved yesterday. This Report brings out issues which are of serious and of national concern. Without dwelling too much on the figures because Kenyans have already read them--- These are very high figures. Kenyans cannot imagine how this country can lose such amounts of money and still be on her feet. I want to focus more on the bigger picture which is the issue of holding public office, being given the mandate to be an accounting officer and being a responsible officer. If you read through this Report, you will find that there is serious abuse of opportunities given to Kenyans by other Kenyans to be in charge of public offices. The matter of the NYS is of national concern. As a country we are going through very hard times in terms of youth unemployment. Any Kenyan given the mandate to be in charge of youth affairs needs to cover that extra mile to ensure that issues of the youth are handled with care to ensure that we get our sons and daughters out of unemployment situation, which makes them despair in life. As a result of despair, they resort to drug abuse and other issues that are not good. I have said many times and I want to repeat that this country needs to move to the next level that if you are seen or thought to have misused, misdirected or misappropriated public resources, you are barred from holding any public office for the rest of your life. That is if it is confirmed. Time has come when this country has developed into a culture where you get to a public office, loot that office, use the loot, seek for another public office - particularly an elective office and then use all the powers and privileges you have in this House to defend that position. As a Kenyan and more so, a Kenyan who loves this country---"
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