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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "September 8th, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 23 Sen. Orengo",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill and thank both the Majority and the Minority leaders for moving and seconding the Bill. I also want to thank the 14 Members of Parliament from the National Assembly and the Senate who worked hard in order to come up with this Bill and the Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I want to plead with the DPP because this Bill, the manner it has been crafted and the amendments that are contained in relation to the law currently was as a result of the participation and the contribution of the office of the DPP. Now that there are people who are facing criminal charges on account of their campaign to bring about this process, the DPP should use the goodwill that was created by this process; the establishment of the select committee as a basis of withdrawing all the charges against the people who may have been arraigned in court on matters that are related to the various campaigns which have been made out in relation to these Bills. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of them is a Member of this House; Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. I cannot know why somebody like him would be charged with an offence of this nature because I know him well; that he would not commit offences like fraud or stealing anybody’s property but this was in relation to the campaigns that are going on. I am not forgetting the “Pangani six” who include Members from both the Senate and the National Assembly. In the Senate, we had Sen. Muthama. I plead with him in the spirit which this matter was discussed, negotiated and concluded, he should withdraw those charges. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as a precedence set by the Attorney-General Emeritus, Sen. Wako at one time when we had done the process of bringing about reconciliation and unity in this country. He discontinued many charges against many elected leaders including myself---"
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