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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Gor Sungu was discharging his duties as a Member of a Committee of this House. Article 125 of the Constitution talks about a Committee of Parliament being equal to the High court. It is very unfortunate that Hon. Sungu is going through a very serious tribulation because of what he did as a Member of Parliament. This Bill seeks to empower and give protection to Members of Parliament, so that whenever they are discharging their constitutional duties, they are not liable to any prosecutions or intimidation. We want Members of Parliament to feel free in their legislative role. We have not, at any one point, interfered with the Executive or the Judiciary. We want to be given a free hand to discharge our mandate. I want to ask all my colleagues to support this Bill so that we can give Members confidence. Articles 95 and 96 of the Constitution, in terms of the National Assembly and the Senate respectively, have given us a clear role in terms of what we are supposed to do as Members of Parliament. We should exercise this constitutional mandate without fear. So, in the Third Reading of this Bill, we want to bring many amendments to ensure that Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive work together in a very harmonious way for the welfare of Kenyans. We want to see the Government functioning. The Government cannot be the Executive, the Judiciary or Parliament without the other two arms. Members of Parliament would like to see if there are gaps in the communication between the Judiciary, the Executive and Parliament, so that we can have a working Government. With those many remarks, I support this Bill and congratulate Hon. Keynan. I wish to ask all the Members to be here during the Third Reading, so that we can pass this very important Bill. 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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