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    "id": 1166466,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that Sen. Orengo and Sen. Wetangula have spoken to this matter in a bipartisan manner. This issue is bigger than our staff and the Members. It is about independence of institutions, freedoms and rights. This thing started with the Deputy President when he was told that he cannot travel to Uganda. He was held at the airport for three hours. It has now come to Members of Parliament, especially the Senators. They are now dictating whether they can travel or not. It has even moved to the staff. Those of us who are here at this point in time are trustees on behalf of the people of Kenya. We have to protect and defend the Constitution and the rights of those who are serving right now and those who will come. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you should take this matter seriously. The Powers and Privileges Committee can be asked to investigate this matter if it is the right Committee to do so. If not, the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations can deal with this issue and report to the House. This matter must be dealt with formally. I spoke to a few colleagues who attended a meeting at State House the other day and I was told that a senior executive officer berated a Member of this House for being part of a delegation that was to go out of the country yet this Bill is supposed to be debated. There are witnesses here. You and I were not there. However, colleagues who were there told us that the President was hard on a Member of this House because of travelling. If we continue like this, the Executive and the Presidency will be dictating how we operate as a Parliament and that is terrible."
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