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    "id": 1354950,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "It is the Parliament of Kenya that debates and agrees to approve deployment or not, of officers upon being moved by the National Security Council. If I restrict myself to Standing Order No.89 that the Leader of the Minority party has quoted, it is important to know that that particular Standing Order has got Paragraph 4 which provides that: “A Member alleging that a matter is sub-judice shall provide evidence to show that paragraphs (2) and (3) are applicable.” Paragraph (2) states that: “A matter shall be considered to be sub-judice when it refers to active criminal or civil proceedings and the discussion of such matter is likely to prejudice its fair determination.” Paragraph (3) states that: “In determining whether a criminal or civil proceeding is active, the following shall apply— (a) criminal proceedings shall be deemed to be active when a charge has been made or summons to appear has been issued; (b) criminal proceedings shall be deemed to have ceased to be active when they are concluded by verdict and sentence or discontinuance; (c) civil proceedings shall be deemed to be active when arrangements for hearing, such as setting down a case for trial, have been made, until the proceedings are ended by judgment or discontinuance; d) appellate proceedings whether criminal or civil shall be deemed to be active from the time when they are commenced by application for leave to appeal or by notice of appeal until the proceedings are ended by judgment or discontinuance. We are not party to the civil proceeding that is in court. We are not litigants or respondents as an independent House. This morning, the Leader of the Minority Party has tabled a paper that has not been authenticated in this House. The Order Paper of this House was released yesterday. The Leader of the Minority Party had time to bring his evidence forth and have it authenticated and confirmed if, indeed, it is true that the matter is in court. He could have moved in this House yesterday before the Motion was published in the Order Paper. As far as I am concerned, there is no evidence that has been provided by the Leader of the Minority Party. We are not sure whether it is a paper from River Road that has just been printed. It is his word against ours."
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