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    "id": 201219,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Sorry, I am a little handicapped without my glasses! I am just human! I want to read to the House Standing Order No.48, which says as follows- \"(1) Every amendment shall be relevant to the question which it seeks to amend and shall not raise any question which, in the opinion of Mr. Speaker should be raised by a substantive Motion after a notice is given. (2) No amendment shall be permitted if, in the opinion of Mr. Speaker, it represents a direct negative of the question proposed.\" If, hon. Members, I may give you a little of the inkling of what transpired as these provisions were being prepared--- I was very firm to the hon. Members who were preparing this amendment so that they would not do anything that negates the Memorandum and that they would not be allowed, by me, to prefer any amendment that negates or defeats the paragraph contained in the President's Memorandum. I, indeed, refused some, and I let through what I thought was right. Why do I think that I am right? Why do I think that Mr. Munya, Ms. Karua and Prof. Kibwana are wrong? Paragraph 23 of the President's Memorandum has two parts. If you look at it rationally and diagnose what is in that Memorandum, you will see that it contains two basic and separate issues. The first, which is contained in the initial body of the paragraph, confers certain powers to the Director of the KACC and his officers and to make certain Acts of Parliament applicable in their work to what applies to police investigations. That is the main body of the President's memorandum. In fact, the thrust is to give KACC powers to investigate. That is the thrust of paragraph 23. The second bit is to turn the offices of KACC into a police station. If KACC offices are not police stations, would those powers that are given by Parliament through the President's Memorandum evaporate? My immediate reaction is the following: That the main thrust, which is to give power to the investigators, has not been challenged. What is being challenged is to turn KACC offices into police stations!"
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