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    "id": 1488950,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo, SC",
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    "content": "not need to restrict yourself. Where there is a judgment produced that shows that you have been found guilty of having proceeds of crime, the expectation would be that you would produce a document negating it. The fact that no document has been produced, I invite you to invoke an adverse inference that either there is no such document, or if there is, it does not deal with that finding. I submit that there is good reason that document was not produced. Why would you produce all the agreements of Kenya Kwanza and produce all sorts of other things, except one page of a document that is the most important document? As it is, you do not have any document that shows that this finding was negated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I suggest that had it been produced, we would then have demonstrated that document is unlawful. This is because in law and I submit respectfully, once you have been found guilty of what amounts to a criminal offence, you cannot then subsequently compromise it, because this is not a civil claim. A crime is a crime against the State. It is not personal to the Asset Recovery Agency and, therefore, those findings can only be set aside by positive findings of a superior court, and there is none. So, the record shows that Rigathi Gachagua was convicted of corruption. What that means is that, not only was he convicted, but even to come here and allege that he was convicted, and thereafter, entered some sort of negotiation, is in itself evidence of abuse of power, because he was convicted 10 days before elections. Shortly thereafter, it is alleged they compromised it in what would be an illegality. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on that account, Ground 7 of the charge must succeed. Respectfully, Mr. Speaker, hon. Senators, I plead with you to find the Deputy President guilty of the grounds as charged. I thank you very much. Allow me now to introduce the hon. George Murugara to take over."
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