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    "id": 579966,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Therefore, it is good law. In my opinion, there is only one other thing which may not exactly be right, though other jurisdictions have been quoted. A committee sitting to prosecute a Member who has breached privileges are also Members of this Assembly. Looking at times where we have two divides in the House - the majority and the minority sides - then the drawings must be such that you balance the two sides of the House, if not so, then we will end up being judges sitting in our own cause. A situation could arise where somebody with interest, or a Committee already interested in a matter, sits down to judge a matter where even the decision is predetermined elsewhere and not at the sitting of that committee. When it comes to principles of law and justice, and even the current Constitution, you may find that germinating an area of challenge in the courts whether really justice was done, and whether we sat to judge ourselves. So, when one becomes a judge of their own cause, then does it serve the law? Does it serve justice? Equity demands that whoever goes before it goes with clean hands. Therefore, whoever is sitting to dispense equity must have clean hands. We need to relook at how to set up a committee which sits to judge our own. If you give it at a big image, you will find that we Kenyans appoint judges who judge us. If we constitute ourselves as Parliament, then we can also appoint a small court within ourselves to deliberate on matters about ourselves. That particular court should also reflect what we expect of the bigger court outside there, if you were to 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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