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    "id": 1451539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": "An Hon. Member who makes such a statement should be put to strict proof. As a lawyer, I am sure you understand that. If we forgive him without withdrawing, apologising and saying he lied, it means we are coercing him to withdraw. That is if he cannot substantiate whatever statement he made in public. We do not want him to withdraw. He said he was offered Ksh2 million. Let him prove to us who had offered it to him. He should be punished if he lied. Whatever he said out there implicates every Member of Parliament. When I decide here, I make decisions based on my reasoning and objectivity. Sometimes, I have even gone against my party. That means I do not lose my objectivity as a citizen when I am in Parliament, either as a Member in the Majority or Minority. It is important that all of us in Parliament stand and affirm whatever we say out there. I would really feel ashamed if he was just forgiven to come back. Whatever he said there makes it very difficult for us, as parliamentarians, to stand and say that we were not bribed. We actually oversee this country's various institutions. People are seeing abject corruption that is not being dealt with. That corruption is not because parliamentary oversight committees are not doing their job. It is because the reports we make as Parliament are not moving forward. It is important for us as Parliament to look at all the reports we have made over the years. I mean those that call for the prosecution of various members of public entities. We should mark entities that have failed to address the corruption that we have seen."
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