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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "The word ‘may’ is very critical. It may be argued in the context of my amendment. I will not go into the details of it. It is not for this Parliament to tell the President to appoint a tribunal. Ours is to transmit the resolution of the House. When the Petition lands on the desk of the President, the Constitution imposes a mandatory obligation on him to proceed and appoint a tribunal. In terms of recommendations 1, 2 and 3, essentially, the argument is that they are surplusage, superfluous and tautological. As I conclude, let me address this House on the substantive amendment that hon. Maanzo has brought with regard to investigations into the Integrity Centre. Let me take this House to the Report by the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on the National Cereals and Produce Board matter. When you are in the process of investigating something, as a Committee or House, and you come across information falling within the oversight powers of the Committee, you cannot shut your eyes and be blind to it. That is why I am seconding this amendment. Let me tell the House about Integrity Centre. When the Commissioners, in respect of whom we are seeking appointment of tribunal to remove them from office, appeared before the Committee, they came with documents. They said that one of the reasons as to why they were before the National Assembly was that corruption could be fighting back. I may have taken them for granted. Remember the President addressed this House a short while ago. I want you to look at the Report that the President gave us on the day we gave him a standing ovation. At paragraph 94, the President himself said that when he took a personal interest in the matter of Anglo-Leasing, infighting and finger-pointing started at the Commission. He says that he strongly believes that the in-fighting was a further attempt to subvert the successful prosecution of the Anglo-Leasing cases. The Commissioners told us the same. The people behind Anglo-Leasing are occasioning in-fighting in the Commission. I will get enough time to say how. I will demonstrate to this House, based on documents brought before us, the origin of this Petition. It will surprise you at that stage. 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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