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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Are the Minister and the Attorney-General in order to read the Constitution selectively to suit their purpose? The Minister has referred to Section 231, which says that the CBK shall not be under the direction or control of any person or authority in the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions. However, the same Constitution, in Article 95(5) says that the National Assembly shall exercise oversight over State organs? The CBK is a State organ. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the bone of contention in this matter is that there is no law the Government has used to shut down this bank. That is why the previous Committee recommended the re-opening of the bank. That is why the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, after I brought the petition, insisted that the bank should be re-opened, because the Government has not used any law to deny depositors the right to access their money. So, is the Minister in order to read the Constitution selectively and, of course, wrongly?"
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