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    "id": 570375,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, as you know, the operations of this Board have been tampered with by very many court cases, with individuals trying to block its work. So, it is only fair that the Board refrained from doing things that would open it to court cases. That is why they held back and said they would not touch the files until they have a clear go-ahead from Parliament. That is why they decided not to continue with the process until they get a clear go-ahead from the National Assembly. I am happy that this debate will take only 45 minutes. I hope that it will be disposed of before we go on recess so that the Board can proceed with its work. One of the reasons why this Board was set up is that it was thought that through an independent Board, there would be due process and that they would conduct themselves in an impartial, transparent and accountable manner. However, as we all know, there have been cases before court. There have been complaints about the way the Board has been conducting itself. Therefore, we request the Board to operate above board to avoid anything that may, again, take its time through court cases. Finally Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is important on the way forward that we emphasize that this Vetting Board will not have an extra day past 31st of December this year. This is because it has taken too long. We cannot have a temporary Vetting Board taking Six to Seven years. So, we want to ask them to do these things on time. With those few remarks, I Second."
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