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"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I oppose the deletion of this Clause. I will go back if you give me time. This House created the institution of the DPP and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). You cannot - and it is not even morally right for you - subject the people we represent and the citizens to those institutions while we insulate ourselves when we commit a crime from the same institution. If a serious corruption issue, for example, happens in this House, you do not want to face the Office of the DPP. Sen. Muthama, a very good friend of mine, has been charged in a court of law because of his utterances or perceptions of what he did at Uhuru Park. You want to tell me if a similar crime is committed, the Clerk is not supposed to write to the relevant Speaker and ask him to request the DPP to take action? Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let us live the way our citizens and the people we represent live. Let us not use Parliament and its privileges to shield---"
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