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    "id": 749001,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "purposefully to ensure that public money was siphoned out to benefit a few individuals at the expense of suffering Kenyans. Ms. Anne Waiguru was no ordinary CS. Ms. Anne Waiguru was, for all intents and purposes, a “prime minister” in this Jubilee Government. When she appeared before the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade to answer to my questions, the arrogance I saw in her face was the kind of arrogance you do not expect to see on the face of an ordinary CS. She was so confident to the extent that you could imagine that this was somebody whose tenure of service was so secured that nothing could ever happen to her. That kind of assurance could only have come from the appointing authority. Therefore, I want to say without fear of contradiction that what Anne Waiguru and her cohorts, including Harakhe and Nelson Githinji, did at the NYS could not have happened without the connivance of State House. It is a very sad day, indeed, that Kenyans are discussing this Report as a post-mortem, when the culprits and the beneficiaries of that massive scam are walking out there scot-free. We heard the other day none other than the Deputy President admitting in public that Anne Waiguru was the mastermind of that scandal. Yet, on the other hand, Anne Waiguru was taking the real whistle-blower, the former Prime Minister, to court for libel. Yet, the DP William Ruto was alleging that Anne Waiguru was the mastermind of that scam and was still cat-walking. He used the term “cat-walking”. As those people continue to cat-walk, Kenyans are dying of hunger. Kenyans are unable to afford even basic medical care. Kenyans are unable to take their children to school. Yet, this is the Government which came to power on account of support for the youth. The money which was meant to assist the youth through NYS was being “eaten” literally by crooked individuals, with the full knowledge that they had got protection from the highest possible level. It is a very sad day, indeed. In fact, the NYS scandal is like a hydra-headed octopus, with tentacles everywhere—including this House. I am aware that there are even Members in this House who benefitted from the NYS scandal. I am aware of tenders and contracts which were awarded to people to furnish the so-called Huduma Centres. Members of this House were involved and they benefitted. When the full story of NYS is told, very many heads will roll. This is happening when Kenyans are undergoing a very trying moment in the history of this country. The NYS scandal is a scandal which was schemed, orchestrated and planned meticulously, with military precision. That is why you see, even as we speak, no single conviction has happened. I can dare say that we will live and die all of us before any single person is convicted of that wanton theft. They have taken the cue from the past. Those who stole Goldenberg money are still walking scot-free. Those who were involved in the Anglo Leasing scandal are still walking scot-free. Therefore, the NYS masterminds are secure in the knowledge that they will continue to walk scot-free so long as they have a Government that will give them protection."
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