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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munya",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the President",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Konzolo Munyao",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am also opposing the amendment. I also wanted to put it on record that what Mr. Muite is saying is not true because the President in his memorandum even stated the position of the court. So, Mr. Muite is misleading the House. I just want to quote what the memorandum says:- \"The representation in support of the deletion were that the Sections were unconstitutional in that they eroded the right to silence, violated the right against self-incrimination and the presumption of innocence. However, the constitutionality of each of the Sections in the course of an investigation was recently upheld by the constitutional court. The court was satisfied that none of the powers conferred upon the Commission under this Section offended the protection in Section 77 of the Constitution.\" So, Mr. Muite is misleading the House by trying to raise constitutional issues which had already been dealt with by the courts and they concluded that those powers are constitutional and do not offend the Constitution in any way. The President himself also agrees with the courts."
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