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    "id": 949627,
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    "speaker_name": "Kisumu CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rozaah Buyu",
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        "legal_name": "Rozaah Akinyi Buyu",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak about anti-corruption. We all know the effect corruption has had in our economy and we know the effect corruption has had on the lives of Kenyans. We know the sort of efforts that the Government and the people of Kenya are putting towards fighting corruption. When you talk about the handshake, the first thing you think of is the fight against corruption. So, when I stand to talk about anti-corruption, I am happy that the President and the Right Honourable Raila Amolo Odinga, through their handshake, actually laid the emphasis on the fight against corruption. We know that Kenya is not an island, but one of the countries in the world. By Kenya agreeing to establish the International Anti-Corruption Academy, it will be playing its role as one of the countries in the world and actually joining hands in the efforts to fight this vice that is prevalent in all the countries of the world, and especially Africa. Through the International Anti- Corruption Academy, we will have more Kenyans being professionally trained to be on the lookout for corrupt dealings. Right now in the country, when you talk about corruption or fight against corruption, apart from thinking of the two principals, the only other two people we think are supposed to fight corruption is the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). However, now with the academy, we will have more professionals trained on this fight. I dare say that this will act, even if it is on a very small degree, as a deterrent measure to Kenyans. Why? This is because they will not hide from two eyes. There will be more eyes to hide from. So, I support this Motion. I also would like to say that, as we talk about the anti- corruption academy, we are looking at improving the lives of very many people who have been affected by the effects of corrupt dealings. The speaker who has just sat down has actually elaborated on how Kenyans have suffered from corrupt dealings. I would like to say that it is not only Busia County that has had the effects of corrupt dealings where financial documents have been burnt to enhance corrupt dealings in those counties. Many more counties have had such effects. I support Kenya’s participation in the International Anti-Corruption Academy. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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