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    "id": 848287,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/848287/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof. Kindiki",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Kithure Kindiki",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I will try to make my ruling as brief as possible because the detailed ruling can be availed later. Hon. Senators, at the sitting of the Senate on 1st August, 2018, Sen. Gideon Moi rose on a point of order seeking the Speaker’s guidance and ruling on grounds that the Solai Dam Tragedy matter was active in court and that to debate the report of the Select Committee on the Solai Dam Tragedy would violate the sub judice rule as set out in Standing Order No.92 of the Senate Standing Orders. Several Senators while responding to the point of order raised by Sen. Moi urged the Speaker to find that the matter is not sub judice because the issues raised are of national importance, that the matter is one of public interest, that the inquiry by the Senate is not on the criminal charges, but on legislative and policy matters. Finally, that the Senate started dealing with this matter long before the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had commenced the investigations and proffering charges. Lastly, that the House is not in anyway seeking to influence the decision of the court. Hon. Senators, the Select Committee on the Solai Dam Tragedy was established by a resolution of the Senate on Tuesday, 5th June, 2018, and the Committee was mandated to- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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