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    "id": 848706,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Moi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Kipsiele Towett Moi",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek your guidance and ruling since the subject matter is actively in court. Standing Order No.92 states that no Senator shall refer to any particular matter which is sub judice or which, by the operation of any written law, is secret. It continues to say: “A matter shall be considered to be sub judice when it refers to active criminal or civil proceedings and the discussion of such matter is likely to prejudice its fair determination”. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the characters, who are in this Report, have been charged in a criminal court and are facing over 24 counts. Some of them are facing murder charges, which if found guilty, will constitute life sentences, if not death. In light to the above, the doctrine of the presumption of innocence is anchored in Article 51 of the Constitution, which gave birth to Standing Order No.92. I want to seek your guidance and ruling. Can we proceed with this matter in light of the fact that it is"
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