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"speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to point out that at the time that these unfortunate events happened, I was not the Attorney General. But I do not wish to apportion blame. The Office of the Attorney General is an institution and we take responsibility for the error that was committed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that this was never a deliberate intention to mislead Parliament and the Government. From all the evidence that has been available to me on file, it would appear that it was an error that was inadvertent. It was a failure other than a commission. I have undertaken to the hon. Member that we shall be more vigilant, and that this sort of thing will be processed in a more professional manner in the future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question of consequences was handled very well by the court. Hon. Justice David Majanja, in his judgement, made a very clear distinction between failure to implement constitutional provisions, that rendered those actions necessarily liable to be repudiated and those that were errors that were within jurisdiction and not necessarily called upon to be repudiated. The errors in this case, the Judge found, were of the latter category. So, there are no consequences, except that this Parliament, Treasury, my office and all of us involved must be more vigilant. Thank you."
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