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"speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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"content": "been in the water sector. This is where we look at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). So far, the DCI has done a very good work. However, there must be synergy in terms of investigations. The DCI, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the courts are three arms that must work together mutually. They cannot work separately. The core business of the DCI is to do investigations, so that they get evidence, which they take to the DPP for purposes of prosecution. We have heard His Excellency the President lamenting about the courts, but the head of the Judiciary has also made it very clear that they can only move with speed if there is evidence that meets the threshold. Judges and magistrates can only give judgements based on evidence. So, we are calling upon the three arms of the Government to work together because they are very critical in the fight against corruption. The issue of blame game should not be there. We want to support the recommendations of the Committee. The Mover mentioned very clearly that the DCI must move with speed. The EACC takes too long to conclude investigations into matters of corruption. The EACC is a very critical body responsible for the fight against corruption and it must work in synergy in a mutual manner with the DPP, the DCI and the courts. Those observations have been made by the Committee. We want to salute the Committee and support them on that particular recommendation because it cuts across the board. This has been the biggest problem in this country. The Report of the Auditor-General shows clearly that 30 per cent of our revenue goes into wastage in terms of corruption. This country is bleeding because of corruption. At times donor funds come, but people do not follow the conditionalities pegged on them. It is, indeed, important that corruption be declared a national disaster. In China, people who are found guilty of corruption are executed through shooting, but they are the same people you find importing corruption into this country. Most of their firms have been implicated in matters of corruption. In China, issues of corruption and the role of the party are very clear. So, we must borrow some of the good ideals from China, but the ones of bad manners, we leave them. In this country, we have had a lot of conspiracy when it comes to IDPs and issues of compensation for land. People collude and ensure that a piece of land with a value of, say, Kshs10 million, ends up costing the Government Kshs50 million. If you carry out a verification exercise right now, you will find that the genuine IDPs are still suffering because of corruption. If you go to the ground, you will find that the beneficiaries of these funds are friends or relatives of people who are involved in the re-settlement process, mostly relatives of provincial administrators. That means the planning was done well, but when it came to the implementation, the work was done poorly. The real IDPs are still suffering. They are all over Trans Nzoia. Evaluation has been done in Trans Nzoia and Nakuru. I remember in Trans Nzoia, we had IDPs relocated from Nakuru, who were to be settled in Trans Nzoia yet Trans Nzoia had its own IDPs. Up to now, IDPs from Trans Nzoia have not been settled, but the ones from Nakuru were settled. On the ground, the land has not yet been surveyed, subdivided and titled. The IDPs do not have any documents of ownership. This is the problem that we have. The Government must be serious when it comes to issues of marginalised groups because when there is a calamity somewhere and we have marginalised or disadvantaged groups, we have special people who see an opportunity to make money. Where land costs Ksh1 million per acre, they make sure that the Government pays Kshs5 million per acre. It is a source of corruption. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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