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    "id": 748986,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to second this Report of PAC. I start by quoting from the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill: “Man, with his superior sense of intuition, with the capacity to think and to reason, does not eat his fellowman bodily. He gets more satisfaction out of “eating” him financially. Man is so avaricious that every conceivable law has been passed to safeguard him from his fellowman. So eager is man to possess wealth that he will acquire it in whatever manner he can; through legal methods, if possible, and through other methods if necessary or expedient.” As I sat there during the investigation, I felt very sad. I realised that, as Kenyans, we have totally lost direction. During the colonial time, people used to steal from the colonial government and, perhaps, mess up things belonging to the colonial government and they were justified because we were fighting for our independence. However, that mentality never ended. We have continued stealing from the Government believing that it is Government money. But that is actually Kenyans’ money. That is taxpayers’ money. So, we are virtually stealing from ourselves. The situation has become so bad that, as we try to develop a democracy, we have actually ended up developing a “ lootocracy” . It is getting to a point where you start wondering whether we are really serious in trying to curb the high levels of corruption. It is so bad that even now, the Auditor-General is under siege for trying to uncover all that stuff. It has reached a point where in Kenya, if you are not involved in corruption, you are an aberration - You stand out like a sore thumb for trying to be clean. In fact, it has reached a point where, if you try to be clean, you will be laughed at out of town. You will be looked at like somebody who has lost his mind that you are not doing what everybody else is doing. It has become the norm rather than an exception. We cannot run a country that way. 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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