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    "id": 224948,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "MR. MIDIWO'S OUT OF ORDER FOR IMPLICATING VICE-PRESIDENT 776 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 19, 2007 IN INTERFERENCE WITH COURT Hon. Members, the other communication relates to the matter raised by Mr. Midiwo yesterday. Hon. Members, once again my attention has been drawn to today's headline in the DailyNation which reads: \"V-P named over bid to free murder suspects\" and also an article on Page 14 of The Standard under the heading: \"Awori tried to interfere with case\". A similar article appears in the headlines of the People Daily under the heading \"V-P under siege\". The three articles allege that the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Moody Awori, was yesterday accused of trying to secure release of three murder suspects. The article in the People Daily actually alleges that the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs was implicated by an hon. Member in a conspiracy to secure the release of the suspects. The reports are based on a letter laid on the Table of this House by the Member of Parliament for Gem, Mr. Jakoyo Midiwo during debate on the adoption of the Report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday. Hon. Members, when Mr. Midiwo was contributing to the above debate, he said and I quote from the HANSARD: \"....I have a letter here with me. I want to table it, so that I do not accuse anybody unfairly. It is written by Mr. Moody Awori. It is instructing a magistrate to release people who are personally known to him from custody in Busia District. These are people who have murdered others...\" It continued, but I end the quote there. The key words here are \"instructing a magistrate to release people who are personally known to him\". The Chair immediately requested to have the letter. On scrutiny, I found out that the letter did not give any instructions. The letter read as follows and I quote: \"I have received a letter from Mr Patrick Lumumba on the above case which also involves Messrs. Vincent Okumu and Dennis Wandera. Will you, please, let me know the status of the case\". Hon. Members, I ordered Mr. Midiwo to withdraw the remarks and apologise as the letter which he tabled did not, in my view, constitute instructions to release anyone, of which Mr. Midiwo obliged, withdrew and apologised. I also cautioned hon. Members against violating the provisions of Standing Orders No.73(1) and 73(4) which state as follows: \"Neither the personal conduct of the President, nor any conduct of Mr. Speaker or of any judge, nor the judicial conduct of any other person performing judicial functions, nor any conduct of the ruler or the government or the representative in Kenya of any friendly country shall be referred to adversely except upon a specific substantive Motion moved for that purpose.\" Standing Order No.73(4) reads: \"No Member shall impute improper motive to any other Member except upon a specific substantive Motion calling in question the conduct of that Member.\" The rules of this House must be strictly adhered to by all hon. Members. No Member should cast aspersions on any other Member without moving a substantive Motion to discuss the conduct of that particular Member. Mr. Midiwo was out of order for having brought up allegations on the hon. Member for Funyula who is also the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, bordering on his conduct without bringing a substantive Motion in accordance with Standing Order No.73(4). Hon. Members, in the past, the Chair has cautioned hon. Members against making utterances on the Floor of the House in contravention of our own Standing Orders. I, therefore, once again ask hon. Members to strictly observe our own Standing Orders. Thank you. April 19, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 777"
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