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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Well, hon. Members, for the time being, I need not express myself because I will need to be addressed on specifics of the reports and what was addressed in the media. Hon. Members, I think it is fair to remind ourselves that under Article 118, we are required to transact our business both in the plenary and in the committees with public participation. We are not like the Isle of Man where they would debate all their proposed laws and then on 24th of August every year, they would assemble at some tiny hill called “The Tiny World” where the Bishop would pronounce them to become law. We cannot congregate all Kenyans here or even in committees. Therefore, how do we get the committees to do their work in the glare of everybody? It is by admitting the media. Just like trials in courts of law, individual journalists are at liberty to pick evidence from a trial and express themselves on the evidence that has been given in a court of law. Judges have learnt to ignore those reports and proceed only on the basis of the evidence that they have received. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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