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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "people here will agree with me. Sometimes, the principle of natural justice may be more important than the letter of the law, if it is in the interest of the country. What we are dealing with are two issues here which have been canvassed. One is about a decision which has come from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, and there is a feeling on one side that this decision was reached in the absence of other Hon. Members. I raised this matter before we went for recess, when we went on what I call filibustering. We would have put these Hon. Members in that Committee and they would have taken part and this would have been solved. The other aspect is this: All this is in the context of going through a period when there was so much anxiety regarding the issues of IEBC in this country. We put in place a Joint Select Committee. Everything that goes on within the Houses should be seen to be heading that way, but not in any way competing with that Committee. The Leader of the Majority Party himself says they have seen it right to suspend all Bills relating to the IEBC issue until the Third Reading. I would like him to hear this: That principle also implies to all Committees dealing with matters relating to the IEBC. They should be suspended until we get to the appropriate time in the Joint Select Committee. If we do not do that, we are not serving this country well. The Joint Select Committee we have put in place is so important to the people of this country. Therefore, we must be seen as leaders to be giving it all the support it needs, but not weakening it in any way. I plead with you that, that should be the principle that should guide your ruling. Otherwise, we do not want to go back to where we have been a few weeks ago. That is possible."
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