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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, as you are aware, I chair the Parliamentary Committee on Powers and Privileges. Given the nature of that complaint and the write up, I direct that the Powers and Privileges Committee convenes immediately and invites the two journalists. In keeping with my Communication last week, they should not be condemned. They must be heard, given a fair chance to explain what it is that led them to the conclusion that Parliament, in its entirety, is a bribery den and parliamentarians are predators. Those are very strong accusations, but we cannot also judge them and say they have no basis. We must allow them an opportunity to appear before that Committee. That Committee should sit at the earliest opportunity because a matter of this nature must be disposed off with the urgency that it requires. On Thursday this week at 10.00 a.m., under the chairmanship of Mr. Kiai assisted by Mr. Mogaka, the Committee should listen to the two journalists. Please, give them a fair hearing. It may well be that they could help us in our efforts to streamline operations of ourselves and our committees. Remember, they have a right under the Constitution. They must be treated with the utmost decorum and respect but also, they must answer all questions which will help you, as a Committee, to table a report in the House, particularly on the alleged corruption. It is important that they give you this information and then you can bring it to the Floor of the House. We will expect whatever testimony they have to also be availed to the Members so that what Hon. John Mbadi was scared of that of every three Members of Parliament, two are corrupt, could, perhaps, be investigated further. The allegations would be criminal. Should the Committee find evidence or material that requires to be taken to the relevant specialized investigatory agencies, the Committee would be at liberty to make that recommendation."
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