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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. S.S. Ahmed",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "I plead with my colleagues to allow me to contribute. Hon. Gor Sungu was a Member of Parliament for Kisumu Town East and I had the privilege of succeeding him in office. Because this touches on Article 117 of the Constitution, Hon. Gor Sungu has been harassed continually by that case. As a matter of fact, there is a fine of Kshs10 million that has been imposed on him. At this moment, he does not have a house. They took his houses and sold them. He has been coming to Parliament and to the Speaker for the last four years or so, with a plea that he was the Chairman of the Select Committee on the Ouko Inquiry. What he told the Press or whoever sought his comments was in good faith. He gave that information in good faith. They probably tricked him at the car park. The issue is the understanding of the phrase ‘good faith’. There was a whole Committee which sat for nearly six months investigating that matter. People claim that Hon. Sungu was not in the precincts of Parliament, but I know that the car park is in the precincts of Parliament. Immunity to Members of Parliament who have made certain accusations in good faith is very important. I hope that this amendment goes through because many of us have information which we want to share in the House in good faith. The other amendment is to Article 165 of the Constitution. I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities which presented a Report on the cemetery scandal in the last Parliament. We named the then Minister for Local Government, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi, and others as culpable. Hon. Mudavadi went to court and then came to the House and claimed that the matter was still in court and, therefore, the Report could not be tabled. As a result, nothing has happened. However, his Principal Secretary (PS) and everybody else have already been charged in court. That was nearly six years ago. We wonder why the courts would still not allow us to table that Report. Actually, I have now obtained guidance and I intend to re-table that Report and see whether the objection is still going to come in the same 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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