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    "id": 974496,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is not very nice for me to speak after Sen. Wetangula, more so when he had so many good points to raise. Time is running out and I just want to lay out a few issues in support of this Bill. As a parent, if your child came back home from school with a Rolex, a phone, or some other expensive gadget, it is your duty to demand an explanation of where that asset came from. If your teenage daughter came back home driving a car and owning the latest mobile phone, it is your duty as a parent to demand accountability and know where that gift came from. That is essentially what Sen. Farhiya is attempting to do here; that those people who have been entrusted with public and State positions should be able to explain their livelihoods, to live within their means, and should be able to live in a manner that is justifiable and accountable. I want to lay out just a few broad issues, so that if this matter comes up for further debate tomorrow, I can follow it up from there. One, the need for this Bill is the brazen corruption that we are witnessing at the both the national and county levels. One diplomat said that the corrupt are now vomiting on our shoes. Indeed, in counties, and even here at the national level, the corrupt are vomiting on our shoes with their opulence and their very flashy consumption. If this Bill gives effect to the provisions that it is proposing, it will help us to deal with those characters. Madam Temporary Speaker, I spent some time in Uganda and I still recall a gentleman called Eriya Kategaya. When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came from the bush, Eriya Kategaya was considered to be number two to the number one of 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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