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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Konchella",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Sitelu Konchella",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I want to congratulate the committee for the honourable job they have done. My own committee on local government did our job. I am happy that action is being taken by the Government regarding the findings by my committee. I also wish to commend the Prime Minister for coming out today, loud and clear, that he is happy because he has suffered for so many years trying to put Kenya where it is today. I now want to tell him: Do not let your hands be tied by the old order. You must move on because you have a lot of troops behind you who will make sure this country is free from corruption and impunity. A very clear example is the issue of the Mau Forest. People are still there destroying the forest, yet the Prime Minister cannot give his statement here, I believe, because of the old order tying his hands. He must move away from the old order and do something to save the country. We should save the Mau for the sake of mankind. When you move out of this country and see what is going on in the rest of the world, particularly in Eastern Asia, you will feel sorry when you come to this country. We have more resources than most countries, yet we cannot use our resources the way we are supposed to because of corruption. People have held these offices from the time of Independence. They are still there, maintaining the status quo. They do not want the country to go forward; it is an issue of handing over from one generation to another, leaving our people on the roadside. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)are still there, suffering, yet they were born in this country. They have equal rights as all of us here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we want to see a Kenya in the next year or two, where nobody is living on the roadside. We do not want to see children walking around and begging on the streets; we have enough money that is now being wasted by people buying property and paying themselves cash. That is money that belongs to the people of this country. The issue in this report is the hallmark of corruption. Global corruption is the worst thing we have ever seen; it is what we have seen in this report. While I am happy, and congratulate the Minister for stepping aside, stepping aside is a continuation of a culture of impunity. Stepping aside is impunity. If you are honest and you know you have not stolen, why do you not resign, so that the country can believe in you and tomorrow you will be the President of Kenya? Stepping aside allows you to use the millions you have to buy people around. Some of us are not here to be bought. Some of us do not know what buying is all about, because my conscience does not allow me to do that. This is because I have a responsibility to my constituents and the people of Kenya; as their leader I will stand by them and fight for them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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