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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this means that the failures of the individuals in the two other arms of Government want to reduce Parliament to a punching bag. This is one thing that we should not accept. This is politics; it is politicising the institution of Parliament. I stand here and say that what you did yesterday was the right thing. Even all the other sober minded lawyers, including the Grand Mullah who have expanded their horizon of thinking outside the petty politics of their sectarian interests, have supported your position and that is the position that we, as the Parliamentary Service Commission take. As the PSC, we had a crisis meeting today under the leadership of the Speaker, and resolved on your behalf to challenge this thing in all the possible courts. That is the mandate of the PSC. It is not something that we want to do out of the blue, but it is something that we really feel must be done. How do you just wake up one morning, without giving notice to the Speaker of the National Assembly or that of the Senate, say that you have advised the President. I know the President is also the head of a civilized nation called Kenya and there is national interest. Hon. Speaker, I am told when you want to be celebrated and honoured by international players and in particular the international actors in the name of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) you must do something so radical that you become covered sensationally in the newspapers. I think this is what they thought. I do not want to discuss the details or the content of what the Chief Justice did but if you dissect it, is it not meant to trigger something else outside the 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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