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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on the same issue that the hon. Member has just spoken about. Mr. Keynan has raised a very important matter concerning the principle of separation of powers in the Government. That this Parliament can reach a resolution as an independent arm of Government and another arm of Government ignores or acts to suggest that they have reversed, is a serious threat to Parliamentary democracy. The action yesterday to appoint the former Minister for Foreign Affairs raises very serious doubts in the minds of all Kenyans about the commitment of the President to the fight against corruption. As I comment on this, I feel very pained because yesterday I wanted to congratulate my brother Mr. Moses Wetangula about his appointment but asked myself; what is great, to congratulate a brother who has not been cleared or to demonstrate clearly that people must rise and fight corruption in this country? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the resolutions of this House, as the Chair has said before, cannot be so in vain. This is not the first time the President is overlooking resolutions of the House. Hon. Members, the pain of preparing a Censure Motion, the hours a Member of Parliament puts in, the amount of research, the risk you go through and after you are successful in this House, all that is just reduced to an exercise in futility. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am requesting the Chair to think very hard about this particular point of order. This is because on the issue that I prosecuted in this House against Mr. Amos Kimunya which succeeded, subsequently, I came to this House and tabled a Report of the Cockar Commission which indicated that the then Minister had not been cleared of what the House found he had committed. Therefore, I want to request the Chair that, so that Parliament is removed from the perception that we are part of an Executive that is not interested in fighting corruption, the Chair comes out clearly and demands that before Mr. Wetangula transacts business in this House, the Leader of Government Business comes here and tables a report showing that he has been cleared. What is more; use that opportunity to also tell the Republic on your ruling on the Report that I tabled in respect of the Cockar Commission that investigated Mr. Amos Kimunya. Kenya is bigger than the President, Kenya is bigger than this National Assembly and we must protect taxpayers’ money. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg that you rule."
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