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    "id": 1489064,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "is important for us to know what Section 132 of the Penal Code says. It actually makes it illegal to utter, print or publish words or acts that brings into contempt the lawful authority of a public officer. The decision made by Justice Esther Maina in her capacity as a judge of the High Court is protected by the position that she holds. So, it is a bit nonsensical for the Deputy President to go out in public, instead of following the due process of the law to go out and appeal the decision of that judge. Until today, coercion was used to return the Kshs200 million to the Deputy President. That money must go back to the public. The Deputy President has a forum. Article 240 of the Constitution puts him as one of the key members in the National Security Council (NSC). He has a forum to go out there and express his dissatisfaction with the NIS. When he called a press conference and outrightly says that the Director General of the NIS has completely brought that service into a halt, he was exposing the secrets of this country. What he was doing, he was actually saying that we have no control. If for anything, today I will cast my vote based on various issues; one is on shareholding. The second one is on the violation of Section 132 of the Penal Code and the third one is on the issues of coercion. I listened to the gentleman from KEMSA this afternoon when he said that he had to sit for hours at EACC to come out with one bid bond. One! He was called on 11th. When the defence were trying to justify that, instead of actually reading the recommendation made by the Senate, they were going through the submissions of one of the witnesses who appeared before my committee; the Committee on Health. So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am convinced---"
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