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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "(c) the Secretary to the Cabinet in accordance with Article 154; (d) Principal Secretaries in accordance with Article 155; (e) high commissioners, ambassadors and diplomatic and consular representatives; and’ How are we going to reconcile the provisions of the Constitution when you have removed vetting in the other Articles that I have cited, but left it intact in Article 132? I am being gratuitous to Sen. Wamatangi and the others. Someone will walk to court and say that, ‘Sen. Linturi has been appointed as a Cabinet Secretary, but he has not been vetted in accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution hence he cannot hold office’. These are some of the things that those who say that ‘as is where is’ must look at broadly and see if we are creating a future problem or not. They have also put the Schedule in the draft Bill of the constituencies created, but they have left the constitutional authority of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in the Constitution intact. As such, IEBC will have the sole authority to delimit and allocate constituencies. That creates a problem. We want this Bill to go through, but let us not create future problems. Let it go through and make it easier for us to run our country. I am not bringing an amendment, but I have asked those who are dealing with the issues to bring amendments if they wish though you are the one to make the ruling. As Sen. Sakaja says, you are not subordinate to any other House. You are not subordinate to any other Speaker. Your ruling must be grounded and founded on your thought process, as the Speaker of the Senate."
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