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    "id": 1001591,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for that long, detailed and, I must say, professional ruling on this matter. This is a matter that has disturbed me for a while because I could not envisage a situation where an appointing authority has no capacity, at all, or recourse to revoke the appointment of the very officer that it has appointed. So, when I was thinking of Article 251 of the Constitution, I was wondering how then this House would appoint the Parliamentary Service Commissioners and then surrender their removal to another authority that would compromise even the independence of Parliament. So, Hon. Speaker, I am happy that today you have made it very clear and clarified that the appointment of members of the Parliamentary Service Commission can be revoked by this very House. The only thing that is disturbing me a bit is the ruling, but I will live with it, is that, whereas your deputy, who holds a very senior constitutional office of the Republic, and that of the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, can easily be removed from office merely by the fact that they are not loyal The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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