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    "id": 1092650,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "is anathema and we must condemn it. I told Sen. Wetangula that I represented Sen. Khaniri when he was an Assistant Minister. He was released on his own personal cognizance. I walked out with him. What will Kshs10 million do in the Judiciary? Money paid as bail cannot be spent. It is put in a suspense account and it cannot earn interest. It is useless money. One of my clients, Governor Mulei, was taken to court at 3.00 p.m because Mr. Amos Kimunya did not want him at Central Bank of Kenya. He posted a bail of Kshs3 million at 3.00 p.m. Bail is a way of punishing people. One looks for money all over just for the prosecution to lose interest in the trial. Trials in Kenya are determined by how long you can be detained before you are bailed out. That is wrong. I was in this country when Miguna was deported and I went to court. What is wrong is wrong and you must call it the way it is. A duck is a duck. When I hear my brothers on that side complain, I wonder where they were at that time. The Constitution that was being violated in the recent times is the same Constitution that is being violated right now. One of them wanted to say that what is good for the goose is good for the gander, but ended up saying that what is good for the goose is good for the duck. We must condemn these things. I was in this country when Willie Kimani was killed and put in a gunny bag because of the things that he was doing. We wrote a Petition and it was tabled here by our Chairman. People have been killed in this country and their families have been asked to pay for the bullets. We cannot do this. Some of our colleagues have been detained and that is why we say “no” to some petitions. Return it to the sender. We cannot go back there. We cannot violate people’s rights for whatever reason. It was visited on other people, it is being visited on somebody and the more we allow it, the more it will worsen. Sen. Orengo once told the Speaker that if he allows them to do certain things to Parliament, he is the one who will one day be arrested. This is not the kind of Petition that should see the light of day in a place where we have good lawyers. It is wrong."
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