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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "This is a serious matter and I am contributing to this matter just by reading the reports of the Committee on Implementation and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. Having lost their chance of renewal of their licence for 2017/2018, the Speaker found it necessary to afford Kenafric Industries a chance to present their case for consideration by the House in order to offer the House an opportunity to remedy a procedural oversight. In good language, we can call it procedural oversight but from where I sit, that was impunity. As a House that passed a law called Fair Administrative Justice, Parliament cannot deny a citizen, corporate or individual a chance to be heard. I do not want to go back but now I am going back to the sugar with mercury. You remember there was a former minister called Bett who is the current ambassador to India. He was not given a fair hearing by the joint committee and he was indicted in the recommendation of that joint committee. I think we are learning a lot from what we are doing today. As a House, whether we are dealing with a petition, Question or a Bill on matters that concern the people of Kenya within the reading of Article 95 of the Constitution, we must accord each and every citizen – either an individual or a corporate – a fair hearing. That is why this matter has come back. Hon. Speaker, we really thank you because you have not only redeemed that Committee but also the image of the 12th Parliament. The Speaker felt it necessary to afford Kenafric Industries Limited a chance to present its case for consideration by the House and to offer the 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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