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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka",
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Mutinda Kabaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to second this Motion. The country is sick because of corruption and it is a great shame. Those of us seated here as Senators, or in the National Assembly, may think that they have solutions to this problem. I have heard Sen. Mwaura saying these people should be killed. However, there are certain things we need to understand. One is the philosophy of capitalism. It is not easy to kill this animal called corruption. Historically, we appreciate that we inherited the English system. Indeed, the legal system which was in play is what we inherited at Independence. We understand how corruption was entrenched in the first Government. We are aware of how the land issue was created in this country. Up to now, we have a problem with distribution of land. There is also a legal problem in the way the laws are crafted. Sen. Mwaura has talked about parties rushing to courts with their advocates to get bails upfront. We have senior counsels like Sen. Wetangula and Sen. Orengo who can attest that since time in memorial, nothing has been done to change those laws. If, indeed, we are honest to Kenyans, we should be the first Senate to change the laws so that people can face justice. We are also aware that corruption is all over, including churches, mosques, Parliament, the Executive, the Judiciary and everywhere. It is time as it is stated in the Holy Bible, we admitted that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of Lord and we repent. Today was a very great day where parties were supposed to examine their morals and ask themselves what has gone wrong. We are talking about corruption but some of the research I have undertaken is very worrying and I need to tabulate it. The National Youth Service (NYS) (II) has gobbled Kshs9 billion paid to suppliers in the Financial Year2016/2017. In the Financial Year 2015/2016, we lost Kshs1.9 billion in NYS(I) through fraud. The Karen land issue gobbled Kshs8 billion linked to 40 Members of Parliament; some of whom are seated here today and others who were voted out, among other state officials. There is also the notable National Cereals Produce Board (NCPB) that paid Ksh9billion paid to undeserving brokers. There is also Hazina Towers which belongs to the National Social Security Fund(NSSF) where another contract was given to a Chinese company called Jiangxi at a cost of Ksh6.8billion. This money has also been lost. The tender has been cancelled but they have sued for a lot of damages which is public money. Let me now turn to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), which is a state parastatal, lost Ksh55.6billion through irregular tendering. This is another scam. The Government also lost Kshs5 billion through procurement malpractices at Afya House. We have the NSSF Tassia Project. I remember the Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU); Mr. Francis Atwoli, fighting it hard. We lost Kshs5billion. That scam involved cancellation of a tender. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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