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    "id": 253569,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am referring to Page 12 of the Report. Please, check Paragraph four at the middle of the page. This section goes on to say:- 496 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 18, 2006 \"Mr. Githongo then related an incident, which he said took place on 20th May, 2004 in the office of Hon. Murungi, MP. Hon. Murungi, MP, had invited Mr. Githongo for a meeting on that day in his office. When he entered, Hon. Murungi, MP, showed him a case file from the office of a Nairobi advocate, Mr. A.H. Malik, which related to Mr. Githongo's father. The senior Githongo had obtained a loan from Mr. Malik more than ten years previously, which he had used to purchase and develop property within Nairobi. The property was currently his home. Later, the senior Githongo had defaulted in his repayment of the loan from Mr. Malik, who had obtained a court judgement on the loan against the senior Mr. Githongo. Hon. Murungi, MP, then told Mr. John Githongo that the loan had not been advanced by Mr. Malik as Mr. Githongo believed, but by a Mr. Anura Perera, a businessman. Further, evidence on Mr. Perera is covered later in this Report. Hon. Murungi, MP, informed Mr. Githongo that Mr. Perera had called him about the loan matter and was willing to discuss an amicable settlement. He was proposing that in return, Mr. Githongo goes easy on the inquires on Hon. Murungaru, MP, and Mr. Getonga, which were holding up money owed to him by the Government. Mr. Perera would be prepared to go easy on the loan or to Mr. Githongo senior.\" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Penal Code, as I have quoted, you will realise that this was a criminal offence. The fight against corruption must not only be fought in the courts, but this fight---"
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