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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I rise to oppose this Motion. As Members of Parliament, we have three cardinal responsibilities. We have a responsibility to this nation. We also have a responsibility, maybe, to the parties. However, above all, we have responsibility to our conscience. We all swore here to uphold the rule of law. Being Members of the Legislature, it is incumbent upon us to ensure that the same laws we pass here are obeyed. The Government is constituted in its three arms. It is very important that we have mutual respect amongst the three arms of the Government. When the Head of State, who heads the Executive enters this House, Members of Parliament always rise up. That is an indication that we respect the Executive. By the same token, we expect the Executive to extend the same respect to this House. This House has a role to play in the nomination process of the Directors of the KACC. Those laws were created by this House and it is our duty to defend them. We should not lie down under the pretext that it is time to go home so that we sleep on our job as we see willful, persistent and notoriety on the practice of impunity in this country. You will recollect that some time back, this House expressed its displeasure and passed a censure Motion against the former Minister for Finance, Mr. Amos Kimunya. Out of the blues, this House was disregarded and the same person was re-appointed. You also remember that when we were struggling with the Fiscal Management Bill which was to improve the accountability in this country--- Contrary to public mood, we see willful and persistent engagement in impunity and in total disregard to this House. It is important for this House to stand up and be counted so that we know on which side this House stands. The public is expectant out there. They want to know the position of the House on the re- appointment of Justice Ringera. The position of the House is that it does not approve of it because it is un-procedural. To that extent, we must engage the mechanisms of reversing that whole process. Whether he will be re-appointed is a different matter. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is also unreasonable to say here that this House needs to go on recess so that we can go home. Hon. Members are at home with their constituents four days in a week. We cannot run away when we are faced with an issue of great national importance. We should not go and bury ourselves at home under the guise that it is time for recess. I have also noticed with concern that the Executive wing of the Government is notorious for creating crises and they thrive better when there is a crisis. They are notorious in rushing things. I do not see why the Government has to delay the Appropriation Bill which will mature tomorrow. We want to pass that Bill. If in the minds of the Executive, this House does not have business, then it can as well dissolve it! With those few remarks, I beg to oppose this Motion."
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