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    "id": 592048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Committee to enforce 12. The Committee shall enforce this Code and have power to Code, prescribe penalties for breach. recommend penalties for its breach similar to penalties for breach of parliamentary privilege. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the difference here is slight. My amendment was in anticipation of the rejection of new Clause 18A. Since that has been done, my amendment gives an elaborate modus operandi on the conduct of the Members of Parliament. It clearly spells out what a Member of Parliament is supposed to or not supposed to do in the process of executing his mandate as an elected representative of the people of Kenya. This is the area that will allay the fears expressed by many Members who felt that the deletion of new Clause 18 will affect the image of this institution. If you look at this amendment, this code applies to and provides for a framework of reference for Members of Parliament when discharging their duties and responsibilities. Allow me to take the Members and the entire nation through this amendment so that people appreciate that all is not lost since we have refused to support new Clause 18. This code intends to create public trust and confidence in the Members of Parliament and to protect the integrity of the House. Members are bound by the general provisions of conduct whenever any one of them performs the roles of either House of Parliament set out under Articles 97 and 98 of the Constitution. The general principles are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership."
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