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    "id": 814154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Worse still, Committee sittings have become a parade where you are unable to distinguish who the Members are from the witnesses because, at one stage, the witnesses and Members mingle and start hugging. So, a person watching from outside would wonder who the Member of Parliament is and who a witness is. Imagine a judge walking into a court room and before he sits, he decides to hug and exchange all manner of pleasantries, including the jaw and teeth breaking laughter with witnesses, including the accused person or suspects. Committee sittings are just like the High Court sitting. After listening to lawyers’ submissions, the judge leaves his seat and goes and hugs a criminal. That is what is happening. What perception does such a judge create? The House thinks I am talking about court room matters, but this is the sad state witnessed in the committees. Members are seen exchanging pleasantries even with the witness in inquiry proceedings and yet, they are to be judges in such matters. May I remind my colleagues that perception is worse than reality. In one of the committees that you chair, Hon. Speaker, that vets Cabinet The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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