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    "content": "fight lions because they are guided. The only way we will end corruption in this country is if we first take personal responsibility, and that is what we are not ready to do. Madam Temporary Speaker, how do we solve this corruption problem? One, we must build capacities. Our county governments are rotting in corruption because – like the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay County said – sometimes, when you lack the capacity to develop legislation that will help you to do your job, there is no way that you will achieve what you desire to achieve. The problem we have in this country is that the government and we, the politicians, are not ready to empower our people by giving them the tools that they can use to fight corruption. If we are ready to fight corruption, let us develop these tools and cut the red tape. The only way you can be given a contract is if you know somebody. That is very frustrating. The reason we have many pending Bills, some of which cannot even be authenticated, is because of corruption. It is sad. Madam Temporary Speaker, the distinguished Senator for Machakos County almost cried. I am upset and angry, and every Kenyan ought to be angry because we are not going anywhere. We have so many youth who are unemployed, but instead of those coming up with ideas on how to make them employed, we are busy cutting deals with even foreigners. When you travel around this country, you will see that any business that is coming up is managed by foreigners. Why is this so? It is because we are blindfolded. We are so corrupt that we cannot see opportunities. All high-end restaurants in this country are now run by foreigners and we, politicians, are partners. When will we teach our youth that they can make a decent living by using the opportunities which are around? The reason Dr. Matiang’i is taking action now is not because he does not want to open our country for direct foreign investment. It is because he wants us to be upset and see those opportunities. We have to end impunity. We will end corruption the day we will say that it does not matter who you are, who your godfather is or where you come from; so long as you have committed a crime, you face the full wrath of the law. Otherwise, we will talk about corruption yearly. This is nothing but systemic corruption. We have weakened all our institutions. We do not give them independence. Even in this Parliament, I dare say that most of the legislations that come from the Government are designed to create Authorities to embezzle funds."
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