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    "content": "3. We had also sought a declaration that the Senate purported action of establishing and facilitating and/or causing to be facilitated committees duplicating the mandate of the Committees of the National Assembly and county assemblies amounts to imprudent and irresponsible spending of public money, contrary to Article 201 of the Constitution. 4. A declaration that the National Assembly had the sole mandate of approving persons nominated by the President as State or public officers to serve in state office and public office in the National Government. 5. A declaration that Article 95(4) and (5) confers the National Assembly the exclusive mandate of oversight of State officers; and, 6. A declaration that establishment of the offices of the Senate Leaders of the Majority and Minority through Senate Standing Order Nos.19 and 20 is contrary to Article 108 of the Constitution as the offices are not created or established anywhere in the Constitution. Hon. Members, it is notable that the High Court converted the National Assembly’s Cross- Petition into a response to the consolidated Petition and failed to consider the issues raised therein. In this regard, the Court of Appeal held that the Cross-Petition raised significant constitutional issues and the High Court ought to have given procedural guidance on dispensing with the issues. To this end, the Court of Appeal in its Judgment made the following Order and I quote: “We hereby remit the Appellants’ Cross Petition filed in Nairobi H.C. Constitutional Petition No.284 of 2019 back to the High Court for consideration and determination of Prayers Nos.7 to 22 of the Cross-Petition.” In light of the foregoing, I will be giving directions to the Clerk of the National Assembly and our Legal Counsel on how to proceed with respect to implementing the Orders of the Court of Appeal in this regard. 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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