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    "id": 809565,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809565/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM – K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benson Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "that is brought to this House simply because MPs have been arrested. The truth of the matter is that our Constitution is very clear that once you are arrested you are assumed innocent until proved guilty. Unless that has been done, you should enjoy bail like any other Kenyan. This idea of denying people bail is unconstitutional. We are a law-making House and it will be very unfortunate that we make laws and then people just break them. When we swear after elections, or when taking up whatever public office we are given, we all swear to protect the Constitution of this country. We cannot protect the Constitution when we are breaking it. This idea of arresting people at night, 9.00 p.m. on a Friday does not send the right signal to anybody in this world. As a country we need to be more civilised such that if you want to arrest somebody, do that during working hours unless they have killed somebody. I do not think these Hon. Members had murdered anybody to warrant an arrest in the night. So, this is intimidation of the highest order and I do not think, as MPs, we are going to allow any room for intimidation."
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