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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairman, we are still on page 1393, paragraph (g), in the Order Paper. I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended— (g) in the proposed amendments to the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003 (No.3 of 2003) by deleting the proposed amendments to Section 62. We are proposing to delete the proposed amendment to Section 62 for threefold reasons. For Members' understanding, the proposal is that if the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating a State officer, he or she should leave office. Under Article 260, you are aware that State officers include Members of Parliament, the President, all elected leaders, and holders of independent officers. We found this to be a misnomer. For elected leaders, for example, there is a procedure of removal from office. It goes further to even say such cannot vote or do official duties. What happens if a Member of Parliament is under investigation by the EACC? Does this mean that the rights of people who voted for you to represent them here are affected when you are not representing them?"
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