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    "id": 224634,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that on Thursday the 19th of April, 2007, the Member for Ndhiwa, Mr. Ojode, laid on the Table of the House a compact disk on purported telephone interview between Messrs. Artur Margaryan and Emmanuel Tallam of the Kenya Television Network. Hon. Members, I have had an opportunity to examine the CD transcribed by the HANSARD Department of the National Assembly and I must state from the outset that the voice is inaudible and I will, therefore, restrict my ruling to the transcript. The purported telephone interview between the said persons can only be authenticated by the television station that conducted the interview. Neither does this House have the means to verify the interview in the absence of a sworn affidavit from the two persons nor the technology to certify the voice recorded in the compact disk. May I also say that the language used in the interview as recorded in the CD is not only unparliamentary but unprintable. This House has no means of identifying whose voices are on that CD. Hon. Members, the privileges accorded to this House by the National Assembly Powers and Privileges Act, Cap.6, Laws of Kenya, are founded on the principles of natural justice and orderly conduct of business. In my view, therefore, audio-visual substantiation must be subjected to a higher criteria of scrutiny to justify its admissibility both in material and the transcript form. Hon. Members, I have a cardinal duty to maintain the integrity of this House by applying the rules without fear or favour. I therefore, rule that the disk containing the purported telephone interview between Mr. Artur Margaryan and Mr. Emmanuel Tallam of KTN is inadmissible. I, thereby, order that the disk be returned to Mr. Joshua Ojode. Hon. Members, as you are all aware, a Joint Parliamentary Committee is still conducting investigations into this saga. I, therefore, from the Chair, urge the Committee to expedite its proceedings and submit the report and findings so that this matter of Artur Margaryan is conclusively dealt with by the House. This way, we shall be conducting the business of the House in an orderly manner worthy of the dignity and honour of this House. Thank you."
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