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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "That happens in the courts. If you do not want the public or the media to take part in the proceedings, the court must give reasons. The Constitution says that if you want to make a decision, which is adverse to any person who is interested in it, you must give notice or a reasonable explanation. For one, I would never tolerate a situation where the deliberations of the House, either in the Committee or in Plenary, are closed to the public. That is not possible in a democratic society. The second thing which Sen. Wetangula referred to is that, there is standard security given to Members of Parliament. Once that standard security is removed from any Member of Parliament, it is a matter of concern not to that particular Member, but to the Senate as a whole. I remember that there was a time when the security of Sen. Muthama was taken away from him. We brought that matter to the Floor of the House and the Speaker ensured that security was reinstated. Now that Sen. Malalah has stood here and addressed this matter as of public concern, it cannot rest. I know that you had already pointed out to me that at some stage that the letter has reached you. However, now that he has raised this matter on the Floor of the House, something must be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of security is very important. I was engaged in the trial of the murder of Dr. Ouko. The first thing that happened was the security was removed from him. What happened subsequently is history. If there was a man that I thought was good, holy, religious, and who could not have met that fate, then that would have been Dr. Robert Ouko. I remember a Member of Parliament from Nyeri, Hon. Waruru Kanja. He stood in the National Assembly the way Sen. Malalah has stood today. There were a lot of points The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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