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    "id": 950239,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950239/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I second this very important Bill that will rid our country of massive corruption which is a cancer that is eating us. The import of this Bill is to make sure that those who steal from the public are not fined only less than Kshs1 million. It should be more than that. The jail term should increase from at least 10 years to more than that. The issue of corruption in our country cannot be overemphasised. It is a cancer that has made sure that we do not have drugs in our hospitals. Getting salaries in our county governments is a problem because of corruption. Access to Government procurement opportunities was a very well-intended policy that was supposed to hold the hands of the weaker members of our society. Access to Government procurement opportunities by women, youth and persons with disabilities has failed due to corruption. That very nice policy and law is not jumpstarting the economy of the poorest members of our society simply because of corruption. It is through corruption that we do not have divers at the coast. The coast guards do not have equipment to save the two lives that were lost at the coast because of corruption. A car that rolled off the Likoni Ferry at the coast floated for almost more than five minutes but because of corruption, there were no divers around. The Coast Guard Service that was just launched the other day was not around. Even the Managing Director or the CEO of the Kenya Ferry Service had the audacity to address the media because corruption in our country is part of day-to-day life. That is why it is important for us to amend this law as a House to deter people from corruption. Because of corruption, the Government has become the greatest encroacher of our forests. There are schools and roads built by the Government in Mau Forest. There is electricity connected by the Government inside the Forest because corruption is inbuilt in our own Government systems. Title deeds to Government forests have been issued because to us corruption is a lifestyle and people can get away with it. If you fine someone who has stolen billions Kshs1 million, they already have the money. They have already stolen. We have not been able to deter corrupt individuals in our country because our laws are not a deterrent to corrupt individuals. We have fought corruption on many fronts. We have fought it through social media and lifestyle audits and failed. We have fought it through banning harambees. We have not succeeded because we have been fighting a losing battle. The best way is to enact and amend relevant laws that will deter those corrupt individuals. We have witnessed a popularity spree in the media which claims that people are carrying money in sacks to churches. If your faith allows you to carry money in paper bags, the churches have not denied you that opportunity. We have gone to certain levels. The churches have not refused to accept your money if you carry it in paper bags or wallets. This popularity spree in the media of saying that people are carrying bags and sacks of money…"
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