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    "id": 936382,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "This matter, as Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko has said, has been in the newspapers and social media for a couple of days. It is a matter that looks like it is getting out of hand.There are many issues of land grabbing that we are trying to grapple with in Nairobi City County. This is not necessarily a special one. What makes this case really special to come to this House at this point is the fact that any allegation by a Kenyan under investigation that there is bias within the institutions of the EACC, DCI and DPP must be taken seriously. Mr. Speaker Sir, as a country that has decided to take head on the fight against corruption, such things should not be left to chance. Every Kenyan must know that the fight against corruption is a fight that must be fought fairly. There is no victimization and politics being played. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard many other insinuations from different quarters that there has either been politics of witch hunt on this case and other cases, or it is a personal problem between officers in the EACC. I am made to understand the governor has also gone to court on a similar matter on one of the officers’mentioned here. I would urge the Committee, not just the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, to address it because it will only address the specific issue on the land grabbing, which is important. Bigger than that issue, is the feeling of bias and politicization of these offices that are very important in a criminal justice system.This matter should not only be dealt with by the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources, but the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. We have heard many of our colleagues here, for instance, the Senator of Nakuru County requesting officers be withdrawn, or other Senators feeling that they are being victimized because of their political stand. I do not think that is the country we want to have in the 21st century. Mr. Speaker Sir, I would ask the very able Senator from Nandi County to also sue"
}