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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Michuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Administration and National Security",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Njoroge Michuki",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is precisely what I was complaining about in relation to certain hon. Members of this House. For example, the use of firearms is very well covered under the Police Act. That is something which every hon. Member of this House is supposed to be April 5, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 447 familiar with. Now, the hon. Member is asking me about a Government operation and yet he knows that under Standing Order No.37, you cannot raise a Question in this House on a matter which is, by its very nature, secret. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get amazed sometimes. Most of the misunderstandings that I find in this House are based on lack of Members to familiarise themselves with basic rules under which we operate and relate to each other. If we were all familiar with those rules and laws - and they are here every day--- The Speaker has not refused anybody to refer to the law. That is why those law books are placed on the Table of the House. So, we even ask questions which need not be asked in this House! We do not familiarise ourselves with the information that is available to us, to enable us perform our duties even better. So, I hope I have clarified the point of order. I think similar points of orders will be avoided because of what I have just said. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure many people understand this Government. If you care to really scrutinise the activities of this Government in the last four years, you will find that this Government does not discriminate on any basis. It is not tribalistic as it has been alleged here. It is non-partisan in party politics. All its programmes are for Kenyans. The free primary education is for all the children in Kenya. It is not for the children of this party or that party. It is not for the children of that community which is partyless. It is not for the Kikuyus or Luos, neither is it for the Pokots or Maasai. It is for all Kenyans. The Government has demonstrated, in action, that it does not discriminate at all. Therefore, when this Government is criticised on that basis, it must be by somebody who has an entirely different agenda. Sometimes, incidently, it is becoming increasingly clear---"
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