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    "content": "helpless with their maize, you wonder who will sort them out. We are supposed to stand with the farmers of this country and encourage them because farming is a source of their livelihood. However, because of corruption, they harvest their maize but do not know where to take it because they are helpless. Corruption must come to a stop. When you look at the problems facing institutions, you will realise that corruption is the core issue. We hear people talking about jobs being scarce for our youth but sometimes the youth are not given an opportunity when they have the papers. The same affects PWDs who also lack jobs and they are not being given tenders. The tenders are there but they are given to the wrong people and not PWDs. That has to stop. Concerning the education sector, people say that we do not have resources and materials. However, when you dig deep, you will find that there is an element of corruption that makes resources not to reach schools and the rightful persons. There is also corruption in our courts and the police. You may have a genuine case, present it to the police and write a statement and you are given the Occurrence Book (OB) number but you are asked to go the following day or after one week. The case could die and you remain helpless. I want to give a practical example of a case. At one time I wanted to import a car. It was painful that someone took advantage of me. They took a lot of money from me but they did not deliver the vehicle. I had to take a flight to Mombasa. I went to Mtwapa Police Station and wrote a statement and kept doing follow-up. Eventually, the person was not brought to book and the money went just like that. I was helpless. Corruption is at the core of almost everything. The person who swindled money from me went scot-free because the police did not do anything. It is important that the courts in this country take their work seriously. The police should ensure that they arrest the criminals and take them to court. There is another practical example of something that happens to our school girls that people do not want to talk about. Sometimes we see in the media cases of school girls having been impregnated by their headteachers or teachers but the suspects go scot- free because of the element of corruption. The element of corruption is diverse and malignant and we need to arrest but we can only do that if we stand for what the Constitution says. In this country, you will find that innocent people’s land is grabbed sometimes because of double allocation. The case could be reported but you may find criminals going scot-free. I had a plot but when I went to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) offices to confirm with them, I discovered that the plot had been grabbed. I reported the matter, but nothing was done. The plot just went like that. That is the helplessness that corruption can drive us to. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is important that corruption is addressed. If we do not address it, this nation will go to the dogs. There is need for laws to be put in place to ensure that the menace of corruption is brought to a standstill. I believe that the Senate will do so. The Senate will deliver to the people of this country. When we were sworn in, we committed ourselves to serve Kenyans diligently. This Senate should be remarkable. Let people look at what we are doing as a Senate and say that, indeed, we are serving the people who God has allowed us to serve. 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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