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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 7 of the Powers and Privileges Act says that no stranger shall be entitled as of right to enter or to remain within the precincts of the Assembly. Could we be told also how these particular strangers accessed Parliament? How did they move in up to the office of a Member of Parliament and threaten him? We are aware that hon. Mbuvi does not live in Continental House. He does not sleep there. If he is not in his constituency office, maybe he is in his house or he could be anywhere. Is that the only place they could get the hon. Mbuvi? Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an ominous sign on the part of the Government, that they are still willing to continue with impunity and actually do that in the precincts of Parliament. When this happened before, some Members were whisked to detention. We do not know what other harm could befall Members of Parliament if we allow this to continue. I believe it is punishable. It is a punishable offence to do this and notwithstanding the gravity of whatever crime they are investigating, they cannot be allowed to break another law. Even as they continue to investigate the question of drug abuse or whatever it is, we now want to know whether the Minister is going to charge these officers in a court of law tomorrow for violating the precincts of Parliament and breaking another law, independent of whatever job they are doing."
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