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    "id": 947729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
        "slug": "yusuf-hassan-abdi"
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    "content": "Corruption is a threat to our national security because corrupt officials open our borders and have a lax attitude. People die due to lack of medicine because someone took money and sold medicine. People suffer in the education sector because corruption has taken place, for example, someone was given a bribe. Therefore, corruption is a bigger threat than some of the other threats that we have placed at the top of the list, for example terrorism. This disease cannot simply be dealt with by legal means. Legislation is not enough. We need to change the culture that does not see the collection of bribes known as kitu kidogo as a threat and danger to the ethics and well-being of our country. That is why we need to have legislations. However, they must be backed up by the necessary actions that will repose and remove in the minds of many Kenyans the culture of corruption that is ingrained and rooted deeply in our society. Therefore, in addition to the legislations that we pass, we need to do civic education and say that corruption is not acceptable. Unless we have zero tolerance to corruption and make sure that we start teaching the necessity to be upright, honest and ethical from our nursery schools up to our universities, we will not fight corruption by merely passing legislation. This is not only a problem for ordinary people in the streets, but it also permeates the highest level of our society. Recently, you saw one university giving away Doctor of Philosophy degrees (PhDs) as if they were distributing sweets in the streets. When you look at that, you see that corruption is rooted in the top institutions of learning. Corruption is rooted in our public institutions. There is really nothing you can do in the National Police Service (NPS) everyday without paying kitu kidogo . So, we need to address this issue comprehensively at every level and supplement what we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}