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    "id": 1153486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "I rise under Standing Orders No.1, 90 and 91; as read together with Article 51 of the Constitution. The words that Hon. Fatuma Gedi is now required to substantiate - and I have no doubt she must rise to the occasion - are to the effect that His Excellency, the Deputy President, is a land grabber and that we are not safe in his hands. In that context, Hon. Speaker, the Standing Orders require you under Standing Order No.91(2) to listen keenly to what she has to say and to be convinced that she has substantiated, failure of which you must then take her to Standing Order No.107. Hon. Speaker, what you are required to be persuaded on is a matter of fact on the allegations in respect to the Deputy President. Hon. Speaker, when you are required to make that decision, you sit in a quasi-judicial capacity. Indeed, in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution, you are a tribunal and you must be impartial and you must be independent on those questions of fact. Is it true that the Deputy President is a land grabber? This is a fact which has to be demonstrated. Is it true that we are not safe in his hands? This is also a fact which has to be demonstrated. Hon. Speaker, it then puts us in difficulty, because the Constitution describes the 349 Members of National Assembly, and then says; “and the Speaker who shall be Ex-Officio,” however, it does not help. When you go the definition, it says a Member of Parliament is a Member of Parliament. So, is the Hon. Speaker for this purposes a Member of Parliament who must disclose conflict of interest under Article 91 or not? Hon. Speaker, that question of fact I think will put you in a difficult situation because we all take judicial notice that you have found it fit to take sides with the Deputy President; which means by definition, in terms of whether we are safe at his hands, your answer has been yes. It, therefore, makes it difficult for you to come to a conclusion of fact. 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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