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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened very keenly to the reply by the Minister for Finance and clearly that answer is, in all terms, the same as the one that was given last year when this House debated the issue and all the hon. Members, including the Chair, directed him to effect payment as per the court order. For over one year, he has failed to do so. The reason this Question is on the Order Paper is for him to explain why he has not complied not just with the court order but also with the directive of the House. What he has read to this House is basically the answer he gave earlier on. This matter is more serious than that. It raises grave issues about how the Executive can ignore Judicial orders that are valid and which have not been appealed against. Allow me to read a letter I wrote to the Minister for Finance on 5th May, 2011. These are the words that I used:- “The essence of the Speaker and the Members are that you cannot purport to subordinate an order with judicial proceedings to further consideration by the Cabinet or by the Office of the Attorney-General. The Attorney-General’s advice may apply to any other case, but not these two claimants whose matters have been dealt with by the court and by this House.”"
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