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    "id": 1069326,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a matter of fact, I have been raising this point of order for some time now. First of all, on the issue of Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura, it will be unfortunate if you are going to disregard an existing High Court order up to 20th May, 2021, to preserve the rights of Sen. (Dr.) Mwaura. I would expect that you would handle differently a matter that involved removal of a fellow Senator. Why would you be so much in a hurry without the proper decision of the courts to remove someone who has been elected? Let us stop the stories of ‘nominated’ Senators. There is no deference between those who were elected through party lists and those who were elected by votes like myself. The Constitution treats all of us equally. Why would you want to be in such a hurry to de-gazette a colleague, when a legal process in ongoing; when a similar process in the National Assembly overthrew the whole process up to now at the Court of Appeal? There could be other grounds for expediting processes such as our removal, which happened one year ago, but we are still waiting for your ruling. However, when it comes to complete removal of a Member, not from position, but Parliament, you should not have acted in such a hurry, especially against an existing order of the High Court that is in place up to 20th, May, 2021. I believe that the Clerks and your office should have given you a different advice. I can see you are extending that blame to somebody else, but the decision is yours. Before taking that decision, you should have spent time to consult the relevant documentation. It will be sad if, as a Senate, you become the first Speaker under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 to violate it by removal of a colleague. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge you to reconsider that stand."
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