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    "id": 577975,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "If I had doubt about the need for this law, it has been clarified by the contributions made. I want to thank each and every one of us who has contributed by statements before this House and those who contributed even in silence or in the caucuses we had. So far as I have known, this would be the last House of Parliament to seek to curtail court jurisdiction. Let me make it clear again to Kenyans outside there that, that is not what Parliament is seeking to do by this law. All we seek to do is to give House immunity in the discharge of its functions. We want to make sure that the representatives of the people sitting here can go about their businesses representing the people of Kenya through legislation and other processes without fear of criminal or civil consequence. This is a facility that is available to all State officers performing important public functions. Some of us may not be aware, but even magistrates or judges are not liable either civilly or criminally for the discharge of their functions. So, it is not something we are taking from nowhere. Lastly, we proposed this constitutional amendment to the institution of Parliament not to us as individuals. In fact, as Hon. Gumbo rightly said, we are alive to the fact that a time is going to come when Kaluma will not be in this House, but we want Parliament, as an institution, to remain an institution that can continue to discharge its functions without fear of civil or criminal consequences. I thank all Members who have contributed. I beg to move. Thank you."
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