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    "id": 974478,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I want us to avoid that kind of situation where we pass a law, then it starts being used as an instrument of terror against the citizenry. If we want to do a lifestyle audit, Sen. Farhiya, you should look at the Ethics Act where there is declaration of wealth by each individual State officer. Perhaps, even if the declarations are not made public, there should be somebody somewhere who goes through them to see whether what we are declaring is false or not. It is not difficult to know what people own in this country. We are a small population, and the people who own property are very few; the rest are struggling. When you see people acquiring property every other day without explanation, the law may apply. Madam Temporary Speaker, we must also bear in mind that there are many Kenyans who make legitimate money. There are many Kenyans who are legitimately wealthy; people who have professional practice like lawyers and doctors. If you go to Hong Kong or Singapore, one of the ten richest men in the world is a lawyer. There is a South African doctor in America who is among the ten richest men in the world. He is in the league of Jeff Bezos of New Mexico, USA. He has discovered drugs and patented them. He is a big-time money maker. Somebody can vindictively tell him to explain where he got his money. I have a friend who has just discovered a very important innovation in the war against HIV/AIDS. That person is negotiating to patent with one of the big drug firms like Faiza Limited. That is a man who is going to move from disgrace to amazing grace in terms of wealth ownership. He is likely to pocket a few billion dollars from his invention. I am aware that he is negotiating with Faiza Limited and other big companies."
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