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    "id": 40337,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/40337/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this amendment. The allegations that may have led to the inclusion of this serious paragraph to defer the appointment of Mr. Tobiko have no basis. No credible basis has been given. I want to warn this House that where we are in this country, unless this House stands firm now, the House will become a rubber stamp to some other views of people who are unknown and who may represent the civil society. Mr. Tobiko was subjected to this simply because he has worked in the Government. There was the KANU Government which had a lot of good and there is the Kibaki Government which also has a lot of good. You cannot just condemn somebody because he was working wherever he was working. Anybody working is bound to have something to be questioned about. The issue is: Is there any evidence? No evidence has been shown. We are in the new Constitution, but this does not mean that this House should leave its responsibility of being the supreme House that represents the people of Kenya to other people. Therefore, any report that is brought here, we should have the final say about it. We should not be intimidated because some words have been put that we must follow them. It is high time that we stamped our authority as people who are elected to represent our people. The people of Kenya have confidence in Mr. Tobiko except a few Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) around this town. Just"
}