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    "id": 271795,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank you for your indulgence. I am asking for a ruling from your Chair on a matter that was discussed in this House on Thursday last week. I want to point out or quote Standing Order No.82 which asks that Members of this House are responsible for their statements; the authenticity and implications of statements that they bring to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the statement that was tabled in this House on Thursday by Mr. C. Kilonzo which was supposed to be from the British Government has been, with all due respect to Mr. C. Kilonzo, dismissed as a forgery by three different departments if I can mention them; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and the British Government itself. The United Kingdom (UK) Government has categorically stated that the allegations made against the UK in Parliament and I quote:- “The policy of Her Majesty the Government is not to comment on leaked documents, however, having seen copies of the document in question, we would like to assure the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that these are not genuine. Evidence of this include both misleading and implausible content and a plethora of spelling and grammatical mistakes”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to table that letter that was written by the British Government to the Minister for Foreign Affairs."
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