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    "id": 950319,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Tecla Tum",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank Hon. Nyoro for bringing this Motion. Corruption is a cancer which is eating the fabric of this society. At Independence, we said we were going to kill illiteracy, poverty and disease, but because of corruption we do not have medicines in our hospitals. Schools are in a pathetic condition. Children do not have books. At Independence, we were at par with Singapore and Malaysia. So, it beats logic why we are not a middle-income country. In Kenya, we have intelligent and innovative men and women. We are hardworking, but money is stolen anyhow in our institutions. There is a lot of misuse of resources in our institutions. Some of the employees do not go to their places of work and that is a form of corruption because you earn what you did not sweat for. The needy in our country are denied services. That is why in hospitals, you are told to buy medicines and yet here we budget for every department and institution. Sometimes, you find medicine labelled “Government of Kenya” being sold in the corridors. We have to kill corruption in this nation. Our farmers are about to get their bonuses. I come from a tea-growing county. In Rift Valley, we are told that we will get Kshs14 per kilogramme and in other areas like Central farmers will get Kshs36 per kilogramme. We do not know what is happening. There are people who are benefiting from farmers. A farmer uses a lot of money but they end up with peanuts. We have to kill this menace which is corruption. Many people are dying because of sicknesses and diseases. Members of Parliament are everyday being invited for 20 or more Harambees. We cannot make it. The Government has budgeted for the hospitals. We have impassable roads and yet the Government has released money. We have to kill this cancer in our nation so that we move to a middle-income country. There is no reason we are not like South Africa and other countries because there is a lot of money in Kenya. We know that Kenyans wake up at 5.00 a.m. and they sleep at 11.00 p.m. but there is nothing to show for that. Kenyans are crying, dying and praying for a nation which will be free of corruption. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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