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    "id": 926682,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/926682/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, upon reviewing Sessional Paper No.2 of 2018 on the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy, we observe that there exist several laws that govern the fight against corruption. However, challenges still persist in their implementation. Kenya is a country with sufficient laws to fight corruption. Unfortunately, we still have this view with us. Why? That is the problem we want to deal with. How do we deal with the challenge that still persists in the implementation of anti-corruption laws? The existing challenges in the anti- corruption sector has been occasioned by, among other factors, lack of a policy for the development of a legal framework for fighting corruption, which we are now developing. The current fight against corruption has been hampered by lack of coordination among the relevant agencies. (1) The Committee, therefore, recommends that the House approves the Cabinet’s Sessional Paper No.2 of 2018 on the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy. It is important for the House and the country to realise that this was a decision by the Cabinet. In our discussions, as a Committee, we received the Memorandum from the Cabinet, meaning there is commitment and political will to fight this vice. Therefore, we propose that the House approves the Cabinet’s Sessional Paper. (2) We recommend that upon adoption of the National Ethics and Anti-Corruption Policy, all matters related to anti-corruption should be guided by the provisions of this policy framework. (3) There is need to strengthen the capacity of all agencies involved in the fight against corruption to facilitate expeditious investigations, prosecutions, adjudication of corruption, economic crime cases and incidences of violation of ethics in the conduct of public affairs."
}