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    "content": "I also join my colleagues to say that this is a House of honour and honourable Members. It is not right for a few of us to come to the House and make allegations which they cannot substantiate. In the same light that Hon. Makali has called upon the House to name Hon. Moses Kuria, I also wish that the Member for Kiharu, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, is named because he stood in this House and called us sell-outs, cowards and traitors. That is even more serious than what Hon. Moses Kuria wrote. The tendency of Members making allegations of bribery is on the increase. It looks like even witnesses who appear before our various committees are following suit and making allegations against Members of committees that they have received bribes, houses and vehicles. This is a very serious matter because it touches on the contempt of Parliament. The Powers and Privileges Committee should take it up and come up with very serious recommendations on how this matter will be dealt with once and for all. This is especially important for the witnesses who appear before our committees. When they realise that the evidence before the committee is overwhelming, the easiest thing to do is come up with allegations that Members of the committee have been bribed. I have a case in point of the Committee on Implementation where I am the Vice-Chair. When one of the witnesses realised that the evidence before us was very overwhelming, they decided to write a letter to you, Hon. Speaker, saying that Members of our committee had received houses from the other party. When the leadership of the Committee wrote to the witness, the witness decided to go on a fishing expedition for evidence. The Committee decided that the Powers and Privileges Committee takes up the matter. This is a very serious issue. It starts in the House when Members make allegations and then people outside also copy what Members do here and say the same thing. Our functions within the committee are then derailed. This is a very serious matter and I wish the Powers and Privileges Committee takes stern action against the people involved, so that we protect the integrity and the honour of the House."
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