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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "is currently constituted, it is facing challenges to do with quorum. When that happens, it may not be able to conduct business effectively. The third fact is that when you look at our Constitution, there is a very clear provision that somebody can leave office because of poor health. The Commissioners or all Kenyans who work for the Government are expected at one point to leave office on the basis of poor health. On the other hand, there are also facts to do with this Commissioner. None of us is questioning the service he has delivered to this country throughout his life as he has worked in various positions. The other thing which is also not being questioned is the fact that this Commissioner got sick while he was on duty doing the work of this Commission. The third fact is that the Report has not confirmed to us how sick the Commissioner is or what is ailing him in terms of a medical report. When you put all these facts together, you realise that this Committee must have been between a rock and a hard place. Making a decision in such a situation becomes very tricky. I want to propose that while it is important that the Commission delivers on its mandate, we must also realise that we are all human beings and we can get sick. In case I become sick as a Member of Parliament, I would like to be treated fairly. This guy is bed-ridden. If I was the one in that state, my family would be very concerned about how I get treated by Kenyans because I got sick while on national duty. Even as we adopt this Report, we need to bear in mind that it would be very unfair if this Commissioner, who is bed-ridden, was to be dragged through a tribunal. It means that you have to drag him from wherever he is to Nairobi and the tribunal asks all these hard questions and takes him through medical tests. I do not know whether at any point this Commissioner has been presented with a retirement package for him to consider. I have heard some Members say---"
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