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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Parliament will be over-reaching, just as it accuses the Executive of doing this, when it attempts to be a judge in its court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Parliament passed the law under which the head of the anti- corruption body is supposed to be appointed. Now the same Parliament, which passed that law, is sitting here, trying to interpret that law to the detriment of one arm of the Government. When it is asked to give space to the other arm of Government to play its role by resolving this dispute, Parliament is saying “No”. It is this same Parliament that passed that law and gave itself some powers to vet those who would be appointed. Those who have been appointed, especially the specific persons who are being discussed today, have had an opportunity to investigate many hon. Members of this House. Many of us are interested parties in this particular matter, because our names are mentioned adversely. Whether the allegations raised against us are true or not, we have interest in this matter by the fact that we have been investigated by that body. So, instead of withdrawing from the debate we want to occupy that high moral ground; we want to sit here again in judgement. This is similar to a case where you ask the monkey to make a decision on the case of the forest, where the money lives. If you invite the monkey to make a decision on the case involving the forest, where the monkey lives, the monkey will always rule in favour of the forest. So, whatever debate may go on here, Justice Ringera and his two deputies, will never get justice from this House. They can never get it because some of us are being investigated. Others are potential candidates for investigation."
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