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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I am told that eventually, a few years later, I think as late as just last year, this same officer was then required to return some Kshs41 million. That is how long that court process has taken; since 2008, it is over 10 years later. Again, perhaps the legal framework for this lifestyle audit is the answer to shorten some of these legal procedures that have not really worked well for us. It also provides a certain avenue that would encourage people to return some of the proceeds without having them to go through a very rigorous legal process that gets thrown out like during the time that it went before Judge Kalpana Rawal. I think this is really welcome and would give us yet another avenue for us to continue with the fight against corruption. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not uncommon. There is another tool which I do not know if Sen. Farhiya has used in the Bill, because I did not quite go through all the provisions. It is the requirement for us public officers to declare our wealth at the time that we join public service. Since 2003, all of us have been required to file this particular requirement, but again, there is no requirement for inspection by the public. Therefore, I do not know how useful this tool is in the fight against corruption, if there is no requirement for it to be inspected. How useful is it as a yardstick against which we could measure the lifestyle audit or against which the courts can use to determine whether or not--- I know that during the Constitution making process in 2002, the initial draft did have provisions for the declaration of inspection of this tool by the public. However, successive drafts then kept whittling down until now where we have a tool that is not very useful when it comes to using it as a check and balance against this. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am very proud of my sister, Sen. Farhiya, for finding the courage to give us yet another tool for fighting corruption. Perhaps it is going to give us an opportunity to diversify the fight against corruption. There are countries in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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