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    "content": "Having said that, I now wish to respond to the issues raised by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology as follows. One, the representation of one Dr. Helena Korir by the Member for Homa Bay as her advocate, though in a private capacity, should have been declared before or during the presentation of the matter to the Committee and, by extension, to the House. The client relationship that existed and which had a correlation with the present contestations, creates interest on the part of the hon. Peter Kaluma. As a rule, the failure to declare interest amounts to abuse of privilege. However, out of the matters that the Member had raised in his statement only Item 3, the one regarding the discrimination of staff, required the declaration of interest by the Member for Homa Bay. Since the Member failed the basic tenets of equity on that particular matter, I, therefore, direct that the Committee proceeds with the prosecution of the rest of the matters raised in the Statement save for the item which relates to the alleged discrimination of staff. The said item is dropped forthwith and should not be addressed by the Committee. Secondly, whereas the Chairperson alluded to a matter that she claimed was active in a court of law, the claim does not meet the threshold required for a matter to be declared sub judice. The Chair failed to prove her claim. I, therefore, do not see anything that would require me to invoke the provision of Standing Order No.89. I thank you."
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