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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "There is also one factor that is also not disputable in this Report, that this officer, Major (Rtd.) Muiu fell ill while on official duties. That was out of his wish. As much as we want to follow the law which we are obliged to sometimes, I want to remind Members that the law is not made exclusively for its own purpose. Today, we may have our way with this Report because it is Major (Rtd.) Muiu but tomorrow it could be any Member of Parliament here or anyone’s son or daughter in this case. Therefore, when we are looking at this Report, we need to ask ourselves the kind of precedent that we need to set for this country in terms of what happens when similar circumstances occur. We have heard on various occasions that Members of the National Assembly are out for duty for quite some time. It can happen to anyone. You would imagine if anyone would have petitioned, within that span of time, to have those Members sent home without following due process. So, I want to appeal humbly to the Chairman, Hon. Kamama, to consider some of the recommendations that he has put here. I want to point out page 13 of this Report where they are saying that the Committee, in the spirit of natural justice, reached out to Commissioner Major (Rtd.) Muiu with a view to having a meeting on matters raised in the Petition. The letter was delivered to the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) offices but was later returned to the National Assembly since the Commission had no means of getting in touch with the Commissioner. It is quite laughable if the NPSC does not have any physical contact address or the residential area of one of its colleagues. There is a further contradiction down there. The Committee’s Report says that upon further follow up, it contacted the Commissioner via phone and despite several attempts the Commissioner did not honour the invitation to appear before the Committee. At some point, they are telling us that the NPSC could not in any way get to Major (Rtd.) Muiu. On the other hand, they are telling us that the Committee was able to reach him via phone. That contradiction raises a lot of concerns."
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