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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to contribute to this very interesting aspect of our Report. The words to note in our rules are“active proceedings.”Were there active proceedingsat the time this Senate was seized of this matter? No. When we started on this matter, as the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations, we visited the scene. We brought a preliminary report to this House and Sen. Kihika made a Statement on that aspect before anybody was ever brought before a court of law. Actually, the arrests and proceedings which they now want to use to stop us, were initiated after this Senate spoke and called for the arrests. It will not be fair for us to call for arrests and prosecution while this House was already seized of this matter, only for them to use the sub judice rule against us. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate has expended a lot on this matter. An Ad hoc Committee was brought before this House and Members approved it before the proceedings started. After the approval, Members proceeded to expend their time, labour and resources to investigate the Solai Dam Tragedy. Look at the Report that is before us now; it is so voluminous. So much work and investigation have gone into it, and then someone comes to tell us about sub judice, after all that has been done? I say no. 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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