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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I rise to speak to this amendment, and especially share my ideas and thoughts on the fact that you have to make a ruling on this matter raised by the Leader of the Majority Party. I beg and persuade you to be guided by the following: That, the document before us this afternoon has gone through a process that is provided for by this Constitution. If I look at the power of this Committee that was collecting evidence and handling this particular matter, for purposes of avoidance of doubt, this Committee had the power to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information. I understand that the matter the Committee was looking at was a matter to do with collecting information on establishing whether there are grounds to advise on the formation of a tribunal to suspend the EACC commissioners. During the course of taking evidence, very important information was taken to the Committee. This important information should guide this Committee further. If there are issues that are being raised on the integrity of the Commissioners, and if there are issues that are being raised concerning certain public assets being transferred to individuals, then that information cannot be wished away. This is a House of procedure and rules. I want to invite you to look at Article 159 of the Constitution. Considering that the Constitution is the basis of all laws and subsidiary legislation, Article 159(d) says that justice shall be administered without due regard to procedural technicalities. If the issues that hon. Maanzo wants this House to consider can only be said to be inadmissible because the procedure does not provide for them, then I want to state that the Constitution is the supreme law. I want to persuade this House to find that the matter about Rivack and Tegus is a very important one, if we are to completely dispense with the matter objectively. The information that I have is that Rivack and Tegus, as Members have just said, is owned by the gentleman called Adan and his wife. The person who brought this petition before Parliament is an employee of Mr. Adan."
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