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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you noticed when my good friend, hon. Keynan and when the Minister stood up to respond, as well as my good namesake, hon. C. Kilonzo, that there were varying correspondences and various records. The seller producing a record; a Member standing here and giving us a tabulation of how much the value of the land ought to have been and so on. The Parliament envisaged by the new Constitution is a Parliament beyond that sort of thing. It is Parliament whereby evidence presented to a Committee will be taken on oath and under acceptable rules of evidence taking, as well as governance of issues such human rights, rights of privacy and so on. Otherwise, if you look at the materials tabled both by the Committee as well as the Minister, they appear contradictory. That is why I stood up and said that a debate that goes to the roots of what has been presented, goes to the roots of what has been said on the facts, if permitted to go beyond a certain line, may easily undermine the investigation that is envisaged to be undertaken. Therefore, I think the House should take charge of this report very careful and very advisedly because it is the one which will set the standard of what we will be doing, not only after 2012, but also between now and 2012, so that we can bring back public trust and perception of trust."
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