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    "id": 895335,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "As people who have been elected to this Senate to oversight devolution, we must continue to remind our governors that the resources that we send to them should be used for development and not convert it to money that they give to their preferred companies. This is what the President reminded us, as leaders, that we need to see value of this money that we send to our counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also the issue of the rule of law. Corruption is a cancer in this country. In combating corruption, we must also heed the fact that we must operate within the four corners of the rule of law. While I was the Chairman of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), I once travelled to Nigeria. There used to be the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu. When he was appointed the Chairman of EFCC, he forgot that in fighting corruption, there are some guiding principles. One of it is that you do not politicize the war against corruption. Two, the war against corruption must be fought fairly. We should not fight corruption through the media because the Constitution we enacted in 2010 gives all of us a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. Until and unless the DPP has received recommendations either from the DCI or the EACC, one must be presumed innocent. If you go to the Serious Fraud Office in the United Kingdom (UK), they deal with about 10 cases a year. However, you will never see the kind of headlines that we see in this country. Yesterday I saw headlines on Kshs40 Billion Scandal at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). In the next two to three months, you will not see anybody being taken to court. In the process, you taint reputations of professionals who are heading these bodies and others. When they travel outside the country, because of the technology that we have, somebody can search their names from the internet. They appear as if they are being investigated for corruption. That is not fair."
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