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    "id": 362685,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me first of all start by saying that I was very proud or I have been very proud to serve in this Committee and to commend it for the amazing spirit of bipartisanship that informed the whole vetting process. I say this, of course, very aware that I am a proud Member of the CORD Coalition and I proudly sit on this side of the House and I understand that we have a cardinal responsibility to play the role of watchdog. I also know that as an Opposition, our role is to be a watchdog and not a bloodhound. That means that we have to watch over the public good and not to witch-hunt those who have been given the mandate to govern the affairs of this country. There is very worrying trend in this country; one that reminds you the saying that all that you need to kill a dog is to give it a bad name. So give a dog a bad name and kill it. So we have witnessed scenario where people are demonized and reputations are dragged through the mad. We have had examples that have even come to this Parliament. Examples like the case of a very young brilliant attorney, Cecil Miller whose nomination to chair the then Interim Independent Electoral Commission was a sad story of how one can be given a bad name and hanged. This Floor has witnessed drama. The so-called maize scandal was an interesting drama on the Floor of this House; drama based merely on information casually thrown around. And it worries you when you look at Kenyans demanding for justice and you can see that the ordinary Kenyan wants justice but at the"
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