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    "id": 324051,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Githu Muigai",
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    "content": "I agree with him entirely but again we made a Constitution in which we vested power in the Director of Public Prosecutions. We gave him security of tenure. We do not want to tell him how to do his job. I have no doubt that should he seek my counsel, I would be of the same view as the hon. Olago. In response to the question by the Member for Manyatta, I wish I were able to make this pledge that the Government will foot the funeral expenses associated with this unhappy incident, unfortunately it would have to be made by a different office. In response to Dr. Khalwale, I again would respectfully suggest that we again must grant the suspect at this stage all due process until the court has directed us on what it has decided to do with the case. I think it would be premature for the Executive to take a decision that would suggest that it has condemned the hon. gentleman without a hearing. In respect to the comment by Mr. Imanyara, he has raised a very fundamental point that lies in the jurisdiction of the Speaker’s office whether or not the House or any officer of the House aided or abetted the exit of the hon. Member from the House or in any manner allowed him to avoid arrest. Hon. Members know that this House enjoys immunity. When an hon. Member is on his way to the House and on his way from the House or inside the House, he enjoys immunity from arrest in any form. We should be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. This was an unhappy incident but the immunities of the House must be maintained."
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