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    "id": 926675,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926675/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 50,
        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have the EACC as a body that is mandated to assist the country in fighting corruption, but we also have other agencies such as the Witness Protection Agency and the National Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, which are under the Attorney-General. We have the new team on asset recovery. All these are institutions and agencies which are regulated by various statutes and regulations. There is need to harmonise all these, so that we do not have duplication of roles. At the end of the day, they may not help us in fighting corruption. The policy before the House will help us to harmonise the existing laws and regulations. As it is, the DCI plays the role of investigation. The EACC receives reports on corruption and investigates such cases. The DPP waits to evaluate evidence gathered by the EACC or the DCI. These agencies have to liaise with the Asset Recovery Agency. All these are things that we need to harmonise, so that we can move together. The implementation of the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy is expected to provide an effective, coordinated and enforceable anti-corruption policy in keeping with the country’s national goals as well as Kenyans’ obligation under the various anticorruption instruments to which it is a State party."
}