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    "id": 974453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill. I give it my full support. This is a big contribution in providing additional tools in the war against corruption. As you may be aware, we have several tools for dealing with corruption or ensuring that those in public office do not use those offices to obtain wealth or resources that are otherwise unjustified. The history that we have had in this country is that when these tools are created, the degree of success that we have registered is very minimal. You know that we have several procedures, including self-declaration of wealth, which is done on a voluntary basis, but not so voluntarily. This is because once one makes a declaration of wealth as a public officer, they are required to give a true statement of fact with regard to the property that you hold, and that of their spouses and dependents. Besides this self-declaration, there are other tools which can be used, including prosecutions. That tool has been ever present, even in the colonial times. In successive years, we have had corruption laws enacted to deal with corruption as criminal conduct. Again, we have not succeeded very well on that one. There used to be a specific law known as the Corruption Statute, before it was repealed. Subsequently, there was an attempt to consolidate the corruption laws under the Penal Code or under the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. The tools that are also available under the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act have also not been successfully used in the war against corruption. I stand here as 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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