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    "id": 863031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Tobiko, you are a pastoralist and I am your patron. When your patron is speaking, you do not interrupt him. The Kenya National Library Service has been constructing its headquarters since 2007, when I became a Member of Parliament. Why has it not been completed? There is also the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. The Chair and the Committee have done a wonderful job. When a Committee produces such a Report, its recommendations are geared towards other investigative agencies. Parliament does not have the capacity and the technical know-how to investigate and bring those people to book. Once we pass this Report, let it not remain in the shelves and gather dust. Let the Committee on Implementation and the Office of the Clerk write to the DCI. It is not about a few allegations such as I gave somebody Kshs10,000 and another lady Kshs15,000 in the toilet. The doors of the toilet were open. That is how I heard the story. That is irrelevant. The problem in our country is that we deal with petty crime. We deal with boda bodas . This Report shows that 20 per cent of the Budget of the Republic of Kenya has been stolen. I challenge the leaders of the National Super Alliance (NASA) on the other side that despite the “handshake” - which is good for Kenya and has brought stability - you must play your oversight role. If you are the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee or the Public Investments Committee, even if we drink tea together, in your Committees, you must protect public resources. Those two watchdog Committees are respected in every Parliament across the world. You should not be like the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee of the Senate. We know what goes on there. Governors go there and they are “cleaned”. It has become a “cleaning chamber”. The Reports by Hon. Nassir and Hon. Wandayi are serious. Those of you who have been given the opportunity by Kenyans to be in the Opposition should not let the Kenyan taxpayers down. Those of us who are in the Jubilee Party will support the President in the war against corruption. All of us together - both sides - let us make sure that those responsible for playing around and pocketing resources meant for the citizens of this country are held accountable. We gave advice in the House Business Committee that because of the voluminous work of those two Committees and other Committees, parliamentary Committees should form sub- committees that will work closely with the Committee on Implementation to track and report to the Committee on the status of the implementation of their recommendations. After the Report is approved, Hon. Nassir should follow up on it. Form a small sub-committee that will work with the Committee on Implementation to make sure that the men and women who are indicted are brought to book. Institutions whose audited accounts are above board and have complied with the law must also be recognised. Parliament must write a letter to them. That can help them in their performance appraisal and motivate them. If you give me one minute, the father of the Chair of PIC, the late Shariff Nassir, was a Kenya African National Union (KANU) hawk. May his soul rest in peace. I am sure wherever he is; he never thought his son would be in the Opposition and the Chair of PIC. This is how roles change. His father was a serious KANU minister. If you played around with Mzee Moi, you would face the consequences. Ten or 15 years down the line; his able son is now the Chair of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}