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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I am. Let me thank all the hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion. We said yesterday that we were setting a precedent, to create a culture of vetting people. What has transpired here this afternoon is a good example of where Parliament demands answers from the Executive, and I think it is a good beginning. I want to plead with my friend, hon. Kosgey to take it positively. We, as Parliamentarians, as hon. Odhiambo-Mabona has just said, if we want to be a good watchdog, you cannot come here today and say that Kimunya is corrupt, and the day you are discussing Kosgey, you say that he is not corrupt. I think Parliament must free itself from double standards. I think this is very important if we want to create a good and responsible culture. To our Parliamentary Committees, just like the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee, we need to be careful about what the public thinks about our behavior. Let us not act as lynch mobs. I want to thank you for directing that the relevant committee – you keep on directing them every time – takes up the matter. The relevant committees should take up issues that are relevant to them. We cannot have particular relevant committees acting like lynch mobs because at the very end, it will come to haunt this House. I said over the weekend that every person who has committed a crime of economic nature or a crime of corruption must carry their own cross. In fact, let us act with decorum so that we do not look like tribal or organized lynch mobs because this country is watching us. I think we owe this to Kenyans and to the Executive so that we do not delve into issues when there is no good reason to do so except to try and destroy one another. With those many remarks, I beg to move."
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