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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to speak on issues that I think in my view touch on our core values. Therefore, I should not be blamed for stating whether I am for or against, but I will do that at the end. I was looking at Chapter Six, Article 73(1)(A)(IV) of the Constitution which says:- “Authority assigned to a State officer is a public trust to be exercised in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity of the office.” We cannot assume that Mr. Muhoro is guilty in any way. Nobody has said that. However, I would like this House to confront the issue of perception more broadly than this particular nomination. We need to clarify this so that when the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission comes back, we should give a degree of judgment whether the House should ignore it or proceed with it. As it is now and to the extent that we are going to rely on the input by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, we will have a continuing problem. I think the House is more to blame than the Commission because the House has tolerated vagueness right from January. If we could clarify that, it could be very helpful, indeed, even as we maintain the principle that you are innocent until proved guilty. I also suggest that in cases of such nature, and I have no doubt about the arguments in favour of the National Police Service Commission because I subscribe to that entirely as stated ably by the Chief Whip--- However we should move this responsibility back one step. Before those proposals were done, the National Police Service Commission could have sought from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission if there were any issues that could impede such nomination so that we could not be guessing by the time the names come here. The second point is that we are dangerously close to implying that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission does not do its work. If that is the case, I think it is in order for the House to put measures in place that will force, induce or persuade the Ethics and Anti-Corruption to be more decisive. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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