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    "id": 579934,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/579934/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "what Hon. Kaluma did. What Parliament passed yesterday is not an attempt to coerce and intimidate the media or any Kenyan. What he did is a neat way of allowing different institutional functions. I urge you that when it comes for Third Reading, all the 349 of us should be present to signify the importance of that Bill. I urge the media to correctly inform the public because information is power. Under Article 35 of the Constitution, please inform correctly. The intention is not that. The intention is to allow for a cleaner and neater operation of different institutions. I, therefore, congratulate Hon. Kaluma for a job well done and congratulate Members who devoted time and energy to be around to provide the two-thirds constitutional requirement. Article 125 tells us that we have the same powers as the High Court. Is there anyone of you who has exercised the powers exercised by the High Court judge? Is there any? I have not heard the Speaker, a committee chair, the Leader of the Majority Party or a Member of Parliament exercise this power. The intention of this Bill is just to allow Parliament to function independently. Its intention is not to usurp the functions of the Judiciary. Therefore, what this Bill does is to provide for the modus operandi of how we are supposed to summon, interact and interrogate witnesses. The witnesses have the same rights as Members. Currently, the Powers and Privileges Act, Cap 6 of the Laws of Kenya, does not provide for the modus operandi between Parliament---"
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