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    "id": 835532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Luanda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Omulele",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak. First of all, I want to congratulate the Committee on Implementation for doing what it has done. I will take this further to say that seeing that this is more or less the first time this is happening in the proceedings of this House and sitting in the Committee that reviews our rules and procedures, I will take it up later on in the year when we sit so that we review the rules to encompass this and allow the House to sometimes revisit its decisions that may be injurious to people in circumstances such as this. It is true that one of the rules of natural justice, and this goes even beyond the Constitution, is the right to be heard; it is the right to be given an opportunity before a decision that affects you is made. We cannot even legislate on that, it is a condition of the human dignity. It is sacred, as my brother Hon. Kaluma says. The other one is that one may not sit in a course that is his own – to be a judge in one’s course. Those are the two rules of natural justice. If this House was to break this rule, we would have no business calling ourselves a House of the people. It is good we have done what we have. I am glad I am part of this decision. I am proud of my Speaker for making this decision. Going forward, I urge the Committees of the House to be alive to these rules. We must allow people who are affected or mentioned in any proceedings we undertake to be heard; give them an opportunity; it is only fair; it is only just; it is good in the eyes of the people of Kenya who have given us an opportunity to serve them. It is something that the Committees and the Chairs must take to heart. 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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