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    "id": 1041790,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndegwa Njiru",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Nairobi City County Assembly",
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    "content": "What does it say? It is an invitation. To who? To hon. Mike Mbuvi Sonko. Did he appear? No. Where was he? He was taking a sand bath at Mombasa. Finally, as I sum up, there is a question as to the issues of quorum. The quorum was there. It even exceeded the quorum. The total MCAs who participated were about 90 and 88 of them returned a positive verdict. That positive verdict of the 88 MCAs cannot be disputed because it is premised on Article 1 of the Constitution in respect of the exercise of the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. If there is one doctrine in the Constitution that has been protected, more importantly under Article 257, it is the doctrine of sovereignty. You cannot even amend that doctrine without involving the people of Kenya. Eighty eight MCAs appeared, voted and as they were voting, they were voting in consonance with the dictates of the Constitution. Therefore, the action of the MCAs who voted cannot be disputed because reputation has not been put into question. Finally, on issues of clarification, there was a communication that was sent by the hon, Speaker of the county assembly to this House. What was he saying? He was returning a verdict of a resolution. To who? To the Speaker of this honourable House. The Speaker of the County Assembly is a State officer, who is bound by the provisions of Article 10 in so far as abiding with the rule of law is concerned."
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