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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Farah",
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        "legal_name": "Farah Maalim Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also join the other speakers in saying that the two members of the Government and the Cabinet did the right thing. But they should have done that much earlier than they did. But, nonetheless, we are here to reform the Government and Parliament. We have always campaigned on the platform of zero tolerance to corruption. If we were really for zero tolerance to corruption, we would not be the 154th most corrupt country in this world. We know that the amount of money that has been lost through corruption runs into billions and, over the years, into trillions. That money should have been used to offer services to Kenyans. My position is only one thing: Any impropriety on the part of the Government itself at all levels; at the President’s, Prime Minister’s, Minister’s or Permanent Secretaries, we do not have to prove something beyond any reasonable doubt because this is not a capital offence in a court of law like murder. This is governance! All that needs to be proven is reasonable doubt. The moment reasonable doubt itself has been proven, it is upon that Government to instantly act with speed so as to maintain the confidence of the people of Kenya. If you look at the papers that have been exchanged, there is a whole trail of papers that I do not have time to go through. Those papers relate to this saga. We should not be accused, as Parliament, of becoming a clearing house of corruption where there is quid pro quo everywhere. We have to show value for the money that is invested in us as Parliamentarians and the Government by the people of Kenya. My parting word is this: It is not only two members who have been mentioned in this Report. It is a whole lot of other officers who have been mentioned. The adoption of the Report entails, in my opinion, that the Report’s provisions and recommendations will be adopted wholesale."
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