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    "id": 70279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mungatana wanted to know the options preferred by the Government out of the four options. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet met this Monday and came out with a resolution that the Government will continue to pursue the option of a local judicial process, as started. You remember that the Cabinet approved the Bills which were brought here to the House seeking the establishment of a local tribunal. Unfortunately, they were shot down. Now, the circumstances have changed and the Cabinet took note of this and resolved that we pursue a local option, which includes setting up a local credible judicial process to deal with this matter. That is also the same question that hon. Ruto was interested in. The other one as to where the Government statement ended and personal one started, is academic. Everything that I said was said on behalf of the Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Imanyara wanted to know about the law of sub- judicature in this particular case. All I want to say is that as things stand right now; these people are presumed to be innocent because there is no trial that has been instituted against them. That is why I have said that they will continue to exercise their duties as officials of the Government until such time that the situation has changed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I could not agree more with hon. Ethuro about the balancing; you take so many from the ODM and so many from the PNU to appear to be fair to both sides. That is trying to politicise what is purely a judicial process, and I do not agree with that at all. What should have been important would have been to look for the"
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