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Kenya MPs' bid to block debate on President Uhuru Kenyatta speech thrown out

NAIROBI: National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi yesterday dismissed a bid by three Opposition MPs to stop debate on the presidential speech and the confidential report that has a list of State officers and other civil servants accused of corruption.

The MPs had argued that the law did not envisage a situation where the President was a conduit of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in exposing the people accused of corruption.

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