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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, listening to my colleagues, I have the following to say on this matter. First, hon. Kajuju has just left but I wanted to remind her that when we are transacting business, especially with regard to listening to information from any person we invite, we have the powers of the High Court. That is provided for under Article 125 of the Constitution. Therefore, she should not say that this House cannot act like a court of law. I have listened to my friend, hon. A.B. Duale, and I wish he was around so that I persuade him. When you take your patient to be treated for malaria and in the process it is discovered that he has acute cancer problem, I do not know whether the doctor will just close his eyes to the cancer, because the doctor was told that the patient was suffering from malaria. Hon. Speaker, we are dealing with a situation where, in the process of curing malaria, the Committee of this House, which was ably chaired by the gracious lady from Nyeri County - a lady we respect very much in this country - discovered that there was a cancer problem. The cancer problem is the ownership of Integrity Centre, which has been included in the Report. I want this House to remember that the grounds upon which the Commissioners were expected to be asked to account were: (a) serious violation of the Constitution of Kenya; (b) Violation of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act and the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act; (c) gross misconduct; and (d) incompetence. I want to zero in on parts (b) and (d). There is serious violation of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and incompetence. If in the process of conducting this investigation the Committee discovered further that there was serious violation of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act and the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, with regard to un- procedural, corrupt and fraudulent activities relating to Integrity Centre, it would only be right for us, as a House, to pronounce ourselves and to capture it. Hon. Duale is back and I wanted to persuade him, as a friend, that it is even worse for this country to close its eyes, especially eyes of the people’s representatives. We need to ask ourselves why Parliament became necessary. It became necessary because people realised that there should be no taxation without representation. The main reason why we are here is because taxpayers are paying money to the Executive and we have to watch over that money. What am I saying in a nutshell? I am saying that Standing Order No. 56, which was read by hon. Njoroge Baiya to the effect that an amendment shall be relevant to the Motion which it seeks to amend was in order. I want to say that the amendment being proposed is actually relevant to this Motion. It is relevant because what we are canvassing is captured in the Report. We are 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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