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    "id": 1008975,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am just making a request without taking you back. I know that you have made a very good Communication. I was lining up to get my card and heard Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. saying something about the Message you gave. I do not know at what point, with your own discretion under Standing Order No.1, you will give me one minute to just clarify the fact that the law this House passed---- This is particularly on the misrepresentation that is out there that the Senate passed a new law on recall of Members of County Assemblies (MCAs). That is total misrepresentation of facts and the law itself, particularly knowing that the amendment we passed here had nothing to do with the detailed procedure provided for already under the County Governments Act, on recall of MCAs, except that when the Katiba Institute went to court in 2016 and a decision was made in 2017, that only invalidated a few sections of Sections 27 and 28 of the County Governments Act. Actually, the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, in its wisdom, suggested that in the Bill that I was sponsoring, we need to provide grounds for removal of MCAs, to protect them from frivolous and fictitious processes of removal. This House actually made the amendments to protect our MCAs. However, because of a newspaper report that never understood the recall procedure in the law and what happened in the court and what we did here, our MCAs are panicking that this House sat down, provided procedure and colluded with the Executive for their removal. That is not true. Madam Deputy Speaker, I hope that at some point, you will give us a chance or maybe, I should come with a brief statement to clarify that position, so that the Senators here will ventilate on that issue. In fact, for the comfort of MCAs, it is easier to remove a Member of the National Assembly than an MCA because the percentage required is 15 per cent in half of the wards in their constituency. The removal of the MCA is not just collecting 30 per cent of signatures of the ward. There is a long procedure provided for by the County Governments Act that protects the MCAs. In this House, I have been a consistent champion of protecting the interests of the MCAs. I want to tell them to read the judgement of Katiba Institute and the law as it is in Sections 27, 28 and 29 of the County Governments Act, and the amendments that came The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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