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    "id": 801918,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oluoch",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": "corruption one of his Big Four Agenda, so that in the hierarchy of those big items the fight against corruption ought to have come at the top of the agenda. At the end of the day, we are seated here looking at how money is being appropriated, but the persons who bear the tax burden are the ordinary taxpayer. Therefore, this is a question we must deal with and which brings me to my first point on the line items. I have seen we have allocated Kshs31 billion to the NIS. I want to take fault with the NIS and the amount of money that we allocate this agency year in, year out. The President is said to be acting on intelligence as we have seen him cracking the whip in the last few days. The question is: Was this intelligence not availed to the NIS? If it was availed before corruption had reached these levels, why did the intelligence not share with the President? If this had been shared with him the Speech on the State of the Nation could have perhaps taken a different tenor and approach. I support those who are saying that we better cut down the allocations made to the NIS and take them to other prosecutorial orders. Let us fortify the ability of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to fight and prosecute these matters. Let us finally see the 1,000 people who have been taken to court rot in Kamiti Maximum Prison. I also want to take fault with the money we continue to allocate to the EACC. It was established as an independent commission under the Constitution. I want us to remind ourselves that the reasons we put these independent commissions under the Constitution was to ensure that power was not vested solely on the Executive and other branches of Government so that these commissions… As I can see my time is almost over, I would like to commend the Kshs30 million which has been allocated for roads. Regarding the Equalisation Fund, Mathare Constituency in Nairobi is marginalised to the extent that we have slums…"
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