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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those of us who have spent time in a law school know that there is something called res ipsa loquitur, which means that facts speak for themselves. When employees of the KPA and the local leaders in Mombasa County raise concerns, that is res ipsa loquitur . Facts have spoken for themselves. So, the Minister cannot purport to want to mislead this House and waste my time in the process. We have shifted in a manner that we cannot live under threat any more. We must remember, as Members of Parliament, that we now have a Constitution that upholds the most progressive Bill of Rights ever in this world. So, we cannot live in a scenario where the Chair can be threatened for a position taken in accordance with the rules of this House or any Member of the House can be threatened for holding an opinion. That kind of intimation belongs to the dark ages. It is primitive and unacceptable, even as we go to rest. Speaking as the Parliamentary Secretary of the ODM Party, a partner in this Government, I want to say that we must anchor democracy in this country on the rule of law. You cannot be a Member of this honourable House, carrying along the tag of an hon. Member, and you know very well that you undermine your party while at the same time you demand privileges from the same party. It is the height of dishonesty. If you are an honest Member of this House and you cannot live with your party and advance its tenets, be man or woman enough and step out of the party and face the electorates for fresh mandate. Dishonesty can only undermine the tenets of democracy in this country. So, party discipline must be enforced. We must draw a line between democracy and anarchy. We must not allow Members to spread anarchy in the name of democracy. Finally, allow me just one minute because the Minister interrupted my time. Allow me to say---"
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