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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is why the Senate Minority Leader was insisting that you at least listen to the rest of us before you make a decision. I have a lot of respect for you, both as my senior in law and as the Speaker of this House. I feel that it is also my responsibility to extend some protection to your Chair. The point I rise on is that, in fact, when you are party to a matter, you are presumed to be represented before that Tribunal. I remember very clearly in your presentation when you were served with that order, you in fact said that you had been cited individually, so that there would be consequences that would come to you individually if you ignored that court order. Therefore, any person with knowledge of how the law works would expect that the Hon. Speaker had representation before the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT) and whether personally or through legal representation, he was present when the ruling by the PPDT was made yesterday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that aside, you have said that if we were to table the ruling or the order, you would waste no time in making the communication. As fate would have it, and maybe, because I went to visit the Archbishop this morning and God is smiling on us, I have just received, at this very instant, a certified copy of that ruling on my phone. I came directly to this House from the registry of PPDT. I have been a practising lawyer before that Tribunal. As the Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Party (ODM), which is the most sued political party or entity before that Tribunal, it is unheard of that a decision is made yesterday and by 2.15 p.m., today, when I was leaving the registry, that decision had not been communicated or served upon your office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, be that as it may, we make presentations in this House that, in fact, we are champions of the rule of law. We said that we will not attack the Tribunal; we will leave this matter to them and we were the fish in the water that is the Tribunal. We knew what was going to happen. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me table my phone because it has that order. If it is not possible, kindly give me five minutes, so that I prepare and present that decision on the Floor of this House for you to issue your Communication."
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