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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "“75. (1) A state Officer shall behave, whether in public and official life, in private life, or in association with other persons in a manner that avoids---” It indicates what should be avoided. If you look at the Schedule, parliamentarians are State officers. If you look at the Report, it does not indicate individual names. It speaks of the Committee. That is why some of the newspapers were happily fishing to find out who is in the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. We even have Members of that Committee who have been mentioned as not attending Committee meetings. They were indicated in the same vein as having received bribes when on the other hand, they are about to be expelled for not attending meetings. I just want to give you an example of how ridiculous it is. My concern is that we would like to have a ruling from the Speaker. Let me not speak for the Committee, but for myself. I said that for technical and legal reasons, even though it has been canvassed in the Committee, I will speak as hon. Millie Odhiambo. I am, as I am sure the rest of the Committee Members are, committed to the issue of fighting corruption. I want to be held personally accountable as hon. Millie Odhiambo, Member of Parliament for Mbita. If there is an allegation against hon. Millie Odhiambo on any corrupt practice, I want to be named as hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona; Member of Parliament for Mbita. I do not want to be covered under a vague terminology of the “Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives.” I want to reiterate that it was canvassed as a Committee, but for technical and legal reasons, I am speaking as hon. Millie. It is the view of majority of the Members of the Committee that they want to be held personally responsible and accountable. Therefore, I request that you give a ruling whether constitutionally, I can be held accountable for the crimes of another person or whether based on the Articles that I have read, I can only be held personally accountable on issues of ethics and integrity. Is there any corporate responsibility or it is individual responsibility?"
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