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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for your ruling. I want to emphasize to the public who Sen. Murkomen is struggling to ensure that they do not hear me. The Constitution demands that I be heard especially on the Floor of this House. The same public has heard and has seen the President free petty offenders under this Constitution. The same public is aware of Article 133 that gives the President power to look at a sentence like the one that was meted out yesterday, to either suspend it conditionally or unconditionally or cancel it altogether so long as he refers the case to a special committee led by the Attorney-General, created under Article 133. Kenyans are aware that in this particular regard, the Director of Public Prosecutions can actually pick that file of Justice Wasilwa, put it before another judge and request that judge to review the ruling so that doctors can be released today. If the President wants to govern the Republic of Kenya, he can weigh all those options by either talking to the DPP, doing it himself, talking to that Attorney-General or without talking, freeing them the way he has freed petty offenders in the past. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this matter is so critical. I have a daughter of mine who has just finished Form Four and she aspires to be a doctor of medicine because she is qualified. She asked me: “Dad, why are they jailing Dr. Korir?” You are sending a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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