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    "id": 751625,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/751625/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2489,
        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "paragraph— “(1) In addition to complying with the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (h),(i),(j),(l) and (m) of Standing Order 223 ( Form of Petition ), a petition to the House for removal of a member of a Commission or holder of an Independent Office under Article 251 of the Constitution— (a) shall— (i) indicate the grounds under Article 251(1) of the Constitution which the member of the commission or holder of an Independent Office is in breach; (ii) where the grounds in subparagraph (i) above relate to violation of the Constitution or any other law, state with a degree of precision the provisions of the Constitution or any other written law that have been alleged to be violated; (iii)indicate the nexus between the member concerned and the alleged grounds on which removal is sought; and” (d) inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (6)- “(7) Consideration of a Petition under this Standing Order shall not lapse at the expiry of a term of Parliament.” The justification is that is seeks to separate ordinary petitions from petitions for removal of members of a commission and holders of independent offices. This Standing Order also provides that the petition for a removal of a person from the commission and independent office shall not lapse at the expiry of term of Parliament."
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