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    "id": 800160,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First, I congratulate you because this is my first time to speak since your appointment to the Speaker’s Panel. From the onset, I support this Motion and also congratulate Sen. Mwaura, who has passionately brought it to us. As a mother and a woman leader, I do this with a lot of concern simply because we have destroyed our nation and denied our children the opportunity to enjoy. From what we are seeing, our children will not have anything they can be proud of in this country simply because our generation, which is now known as the most corrupt in this country, has taken this action to deny others the opportunity to enjoy the resources that God has given us. Madam Temporary Speaker, this has also taken away our integrity and dignity as a nation. There is nothing, even for us as leaders, that we can be proud of today. Sometimes when we visit other countries, the only good things that most people bring to our attention are the games, the athletes, our wildlife and other things that we do very well in. However, nowadays, even that does not take centre stage. It is the corruption that takes centre stage and we are known as the corrupt country. As leaders, we should take this upon ourselves and carry this cross on behalf of our nation. God has put us in this position not to just sit and earn our salaries but to speak for that poor woman who cannot fight for herself – to fight for that young man or woman in the village who has been denied his or her opportunity. We should fight for their rights. Corruption is a baptismal name that we have given to this vice. We all say a thief is a thief yet we refer to that vice as corruption. Corruption is a soft term that is very friendly and accommodative. That does not attract any stigma. If it is that friendly, then everybody will not be ashamed. I was following what is happening at the NYS. Some of the figures are scaring. They seem to be very important people and we may look like fools talking about them. It is high time for us to condemn and take up the responsibility that God has given us so that we can fight it. I thank God because of the President, the former Prime Minister and all other leaders this morning vowed and said that they will fight corruption together. They cannot do it alone. We have to do it with them. The source of corruption has made our country to adopt this culture that it is an ordinary thing for somebody to commit. It has made our young people lazier. Women like me are exposing themselves in many ways so that they get rich within a night. It is unfortunate that we have lost our values both at the family and the national levels. It is high time we came up with laws that can support us and take us somewhere. We talk about this matter of corruption and that investigations are going on but the narrative has to change now. The investigations have been going on since we got Independence and nothing has happened. Some of the investigations have never been concluded. Kenyans are getting tired. Can this people be prosecuted? Can they not be jailed? Can we see somebody jailed for that? It is my prayer that in this process some 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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