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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "On corruption, the President was very clear. He was vigorous and fiery. Obviously, this is necessary. Corruption undermines development, efficiency and leads to poor services to the people, whether it is in education, healthcare, infrastructure or security. You cannot do anything in an atmosphere of corruption. We support that. However, I laud what he said at the end that this will be on the basis of rule of law and that nobody will be condemned without being heard. This gave a ray of hope to corrupt people. In this country, people who are corrupt or intend to be corrupt should live in fear. There should be no hope. We cannot give hope to corrupt people. Obviously, the rule of law will be applied. If I was the President, I would not have said that. I would have implemented it without saying it because people who are corrupt will think that there is a ray of hope and that they can get away with it. You will not get away with it. On tribalism, the handshake and the BBI are great efforts. The handshake has brought peace to this country. It has brought us from far. People were dying. It has made it possible for Government efforts and development to go on. The BBI has brought cohesion and unity to this country. Those of us who saw it and can remember know that in 1963, Kenya was a very cohesive, united country. It has fallen apart in that aspect. The BBI can bring that back so that we build institutions that people have faith in and trust. We then become proud as Kenyans and not ethnic groups. That is something we should allow. I am sad when this handshake and the BBI are being trivialised and seen as a strategy for 2022 politics. We are losing the point. Even if we leave that alone, we need to build a nation called “Kenya” that people believe in. On poverty and the Big Four Agenda, the President stressed the way to look at poverty and the welfare of the people. Kenyans are suffering. Every week or month, there is a Bill here that says that dead people should not be detained in hospitals. Housing is a basic need of the people. You cannot talk about a nation without food security. Youth unemployment will only be addressed if we improve our manufacturing sector, particularly in the agro-industry."
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