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    "id": 578825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kabando wa Kabando",
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    "content": "parliament at that level of governance. Therefore, giving immunity to members of the county assemblies (MCAs) and the National Parliament, to collectively execute the mandate on public hearings, the legislations, oversight and representation, is a hallmark of progressive review of the national law - to enable peoples’ representative to play their legitimate role without deviations and trivialisations that are happening. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude, it is important to say that, as Members of the National Parliament and the county parliaments, we should be held to account. I am very happy that our great Chief Justice, who may be facing some criticisms here and there, is acknowledging that there is corruption and defeating of justice in the Judiciary. Something needs to be done in that area. As we change the national law, it will be incumbent for the members of the Judiciary who live in this county - they do not live externally; they are not in helicopters 24- hours - they are up there, looking down and they will come to live with us in the estates and neighbourhoods with exact lifestyles and living conditions of the common person. It is important for them to assimilate within themselves the belief and the faith that the public interest of the Republic of Kenya is paramount for making popular judgments that appear to only please other audiences that are fictitious and not seen. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) case is in court. If you look at some of the conclusions made, you will ask whether those people live around here or are in other heaven that is without the living conditions of the Kenyan people on a daily basis. I support this amendment in the firm appreciation that it will help cushion Parliament against abuse by processes that are not anchored on any legal or moral justification. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important that when this piece of legislation is brought here, we should appreciate that despite the politics and noises out there of disagreement and grand-standing within this House, we do not belong to any coalition. We belong to the national Parliament and it is not Jubilee or CORD. Therefore, if a good initiative is brought before the House, nobody should make noise. You can go and talk to your political partners, but many of us will embrace whatever legislation is initiated by anybody on the Floor of the House. It is not about Jubilee or CORD. We shall remain captivated on matters of national interest because we are built with the need to serve the Kenyan public in the best way we should. That is because it is a historical opportunity to serve. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support very strongly."
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