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    "id": 237486,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point has been made. There is an attempt by this Government to try and undermine the independence of all the institutions that are actually intended by law, be it through the Constitution or by an Act of Parliament, to be independent. That is common knowledge. Honestly, the Government should stop this. We are seeing attempts being made all the time to undermine the independence of the Central Bank of Kenya, the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, the Kenya Anti-Corruption October 31, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3271 Commission, et cetera . All this is happening under the guise of accountability. The Government says that it cannot allow a rogue institution, and that all institutions have to be accountable. That is fine, but Parliament is the institution that is required to make those institutions accountable. The institutions are supposed to submit their accounts to the Minister for Finance, who should then table them before this House. We are the ones to determine, as a House, whether such institutions have become rogue or they are not accountable."
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