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    "id": 800112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I want from the onset to thank Sen. Mwaura for coming up with this Motion on the Review of Policy and Legislative Framework on the Fight Against Corruption. I must agree that we, as a country, are now on the right track by having a conversation about corruption. The Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights of which I chair will do anything possible to ensure we look into this issue. This will be in terms of any policy changes or legislative framework that we need to improve. We will discuss and come up with any necessary legislative amendments that need be made to make our county to move forward in terms of fighting corruption. I want to agree largely with what my colleagues have said that corruption is now part of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) of this country. When one of the National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB) scandal emerged the other day and I saw the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Irrigation, Mr. Mwangi Kiunjuri and the rest of the Ministry of Agriculture officials speaking yesterday, it looked like a joke. In this country, somebody gets involved in corruption and the next thing is they are elected to a higher office or celebrated. As Sen. Orengo has said, you receive the longest prayer because you have stolen somewhere and you donated money to a church. The Bishop decides that you should receive the longest prayer as opposed to those people who toiled the whole day and gave Kshs100 in a church service. The fight against corruption is a big joke when you see some of the suspects in court applying lipstick. It shocks the country because people know that this is just a circus or drama. They know corruption is never taken seriously in this country. Going forward, I agree largely with what some of my colleagues have said. It is not about legislation itself; it is about the goodwill. That is why the handshake has now moved to a 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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