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    "id": 852638,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/852638/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Not necessarily, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The point that I am making is that I have a problem with investigations and prosecutions that are looking for big names and not looking for the truth. It is not true that this country fails mostly because of the big people. People have died on roads that have been badly constructed because the road engineer, who is a small person in the context of the big fish, engaged in corruption. The CS may not know that in Nairobi but somewhere in Loiyangalani or Isiolo, someone who is a small person is making a mistake. A person who is not necessarily a big fish might cause the death of so many people. We have to stop the obsession of getting a big person so that you look like you are doing something. With respect to the EACC and the DPP, let them do their job but let them stop insisting that they will only do a good job when they are seen arresting the Managing Directors, the Governors or certain individuals even when the charges are so flimsy. I know of some governors who were arrested and charged for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which says that we intend to later make an investment in a certain area. There is now a competition to see who is catching the biggest fish or who is catching the whale. That is not how we should operate as a country. I believe in a nation where the evidence will lead one to the criminal. If the evidence eventually says that this person is culpable, whether it is a small whale, small fish, omena, mbuta or a whale, that person must be held culpable and it should not be because of how big he or she is but because of the evidence. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}