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    "id": 591979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Let me support this inclusion on the theory that self-regulation is self-preservation. A political class like ourselves cannot go forward for as long as it does not even self-preserve. One of the things that we do not do and why we have the 70 per cent turnover is lack of self-preservation. If we want to preserve ourselves here, we should have an internal mechanism that is confidential and that is going to be the strength of Parliament that helps us to deal with issues when they arise. There is no reason why a Member of Parliament should, at the first instance, be called by the EACC. It should come in much later after the internal mechanism has worked. Self-regulation is self-preservation. A political class must preserve itself. The only way we preserve ourselves is by allowing this internal audit mechanism to come in. The United Kingdom (UK) Congress has it. It works very well. The other countries that have it work very well. More importantly, the Judiciary has instituted a mechanism like this. We no longer hear embarrassing things about judges. Embarrassing things about Members of Parliament should be covered within the House and locked here with confidentiality. I support the inclusion."
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