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    "id": 979696,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand guided. I do not know how that actually happened. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move - THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation to the 7th Symposium of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong (ICAC) held in Hong Kong on 22nd to 24th May, 2019, and laid on the Table on Wednesday, 19th February, 2020. Madam Temporary Speaker, the 7th Symposium of the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong which was co-sponsored by ICAC and the World Justice Project (WJP), was held in Hong Kong from 22nd to 24th May, 2019. The theme of the symposium was: “Fighting corruption, a new perspective.” It was attended by more than 500 leaders and professionals from more than 50 countries. The delegation of the Parliament of Kenya attended the symposium under the auspices of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Kenya Chapter, of which I serve as the secretary. Madam Temporary Speaker, the symposium was officially opened by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who is ideally like the Prime Minister of the Hong Kong special administrative region, hon. Mrs. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. That is a long name. She stated that the fight against corruption is an ongoing battle whose success heavily relies on individual country’s strategies, and because of its perpetually evolving nature that has made it complex. An effective and efficient global coalition is, therefore, needed consisting of cooperating countries and anti-corruption agencies in order to synergize and tackle this graft across various jurisdictions. She also pointed out that the coalition against corruption should incorporate the media, civil society and ordinary citizens. Madam Temporary Speaker, the rule of law, independent investigations and prosecutorial institutions with an equally independent robust judiciary have, over time, proven to be effective combatants of the corruption menace, and eventually ought to be safeguarded for the majoritarian good of society. Tough laws against money laundering, illicit financial flows, transparency in source of campaigns funds, among other measures, have to be put in place to aid in the combat against corruption, because political corruption is the mother of all corruption. For the war against corruption to attain its set objectives, both old and new strategies have to be deployed to tackle it, not only in the public sphere, but also in the private sector."
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