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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is a high honour being the last one or near last to speak, but I think I can meet that standard. I have two issues. I sit on the PAC. On the one hand, there is the issue of whether or not the CJ did not get a chance to appear before the Committee to inform the Committee--- Hon. Speaker, the Committee has produced its Report. It is factual with respect to the information that was available at the time of determination. We cannot set a precedent in which after thoughts or somebody decides that they would have been better off if they had been there and had given something different. I thank the CJ deeply for being very courteous and the way he responded when we asked him to appear before the Committee. Unfortunately, he decided not to appear. On that issue, I pray that your ruling should be that the Committee should move forward with the Report as presented and not go back to reopen it for further discussion. The second part of the determination is whether or not the person of Dr. Willy Mutunga should have been invited before the Committee and whether he was appearing as the CJ or the Chair. I agree with the sentiments expressed earlier by the Leader of the Majority Party and other speakers, that there is no way he can divide himself into two. He is the CJ. Everything else he holds, whether he is a church leader or elder or other things, is subservient to the fact that he is the CJ. In that respect, I would hope that the proposed amendment, which does not cure what we have done so far, separates the roles. It would help, so that we can clearly invite the Chairman of the JSC and not the CJ unless there is a matter dealing with the CJ in accordance with the provisions of the law. 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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