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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": "I would like us to remain firm on issues of the rule of law. One of the reasons we are here, and I was listening very carefully to the Chairman, is that the House has gone to the lowest level that we have ever been. Part of the reason that we have gone to that lowest level is because we have failed to adhere to the fidelity of the law. I say this with utmost due respect even to the Chair that sometimes we raise very weighty issues and you give us rulings on the spot. The issues that have been raised here today are very weighty. I would want to urge that even if we continue with the debate--- Could the House leadership, please, consider the issues that have been raised by Members from the both sides of the House? This raises very pertinent issues on principles of law such as the sub judice rule, especially as stated in our Standing Orders. If you look at it, and I have been listening carefully to the Members, vis-a-vis the principle of separation of powers, on the face of it, it looks like there is a clash. It will not be very fair for us to just say that because 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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