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    "id": 966726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Cabinet meetings because he could not sack him. That is exactly the reason why governors are concerned with regard to their deputies and vice versa; the same applies to the President and his Deputy. In any situation where the governor is in office and there is a deputy governor pretending to be a governor, that is totally untenable. Equally and more important is that the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and of the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and those of us who have practiced at the criminal Bar where Sen. Orengo is very active, we encourage these offices that there is no point of taking someone to court and say we are investigating, or we are waiting for something. If you look at comparable jurisdictions in the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom, when the DPP takes a case to court, subject to availability of court time, he starts the hearing the same day and proceeds. You cannot take somebody to court and declare a whole county a crime scene and paralyze the operations of a county and that of an office that is so critical to the provision of public services. This ruling should again be sent to the DPP and the DCI for them to know and understand that if they are not ready, they should not file cases in court. They can take people to court when they are ready and start the case immediately. In fact, we would not be having, strange stories like somebody called Jowie who is applying for bail today yet his ruling will come in February. Those are unconstitutional processes that just hurt people for nothing. I want to salute you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and I also salute young Sen. Cherargei that at your age with little experience, you are doing very well in this House as the Chair of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. This House must continue being what it is. You must lead by example and this ruling must also be furnished to the Speaker of the “Lower House” so that they can also be able to understand the processes of running a House of this nature. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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