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    "id": 896499,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896499/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13317,
        "legal_name": "Moses Nguchine Kirima",
        "slug": "moses-nguchine-kirima-2"
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    "content": "I support the President’s Speech on the fight against corruption in this country. We should all join hands to fight corruption because it enriches few and renders the majority of Kenyans poor. I echo what the President said that the fight against corruption will be guided by the rule of law in this country. I pray to my colleagues in this Chamber that when one is mentioned in a corruption scandal, he should not be branded a criminal. In law, one is branded a criminal the moment he is convicted by a court of law. The Members who spoke before me, especially the Member for Yatta, said that whoever is mentioned in a corruption scandal is a criminal. I hereby stand before you to correct my colleague. When one is mentioned in any scandal or crime, he cannot be branded a criminal, unless he is convicted by a court of law. I am saying this so that I can protect my friend, Member for Yatta. He was associated with the loss of money at the National Youth Service (NYS). To call others criminal means that he also wants to get into that pocket of being called a criminal. That is where he has a house. When he calls others criminals, he also wants to call himself a criminal which is not right."
}