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    "id": 975935,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabongah",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
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    "content": "clearly about accountability, responsibility and transparency. It is very clear in the Constitution but, again, when you go back to the same offices and look at what they are doing, you wonder where we are going. I have heard one Member trying to defend the position of public service. He said that as it stands now, the public service is well balanced. We are cheating ourselves. We are fighting an animal called “tribalism” in this country. We are talking of corruption every day but I want to believe that our personal values can assist us to cure this problem. If, as a House that is privileged to serve this country, we are not able to destroy these animals called “tribalism” and “nepotism”, let us try as much as we can to blind it so that the next generation can destroy them. We must accept that there are regions that are completely forgotten in this country. We must accept that there are regions which do not even have the share of this Government even as much as we have devolved units. You go to the devolved units, where I happen to have worked, and you will be surprised with what is happening. I would even suggest that the amendment that has been brought by this Hon. Member is not an annual submission. We should have quarterly submission from every department and even the counties to see what they are doing. They can submit their reports to the county assemblies and the Senate so that we know what is happening in the public service. This amendment needs to capture even the kind of sanctions that such people should be given. This is because at times when you point out issues, somebody siting there must take responsibility. If there are no clear sanctions against these kinds of people, we will be talking about these things everyday but at the end of the day we will not be helping the next generation. The issue of tribalism and corruption in this country is a collective responsibility. As Maxwell says, everything rises and falls on leadership. We must all, as Kenyans, stand wherever we are to take the challenge of leadership and point out these things so that we slay this animal. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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