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    "content": "5. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee which is responsible for overseeing the policy and legislative framework matters relating to the NG-CDF. This is especially important noting the need for a forum to deliberate some current matters that you are all fully aware of. Hon. Members, the disclosure by the Registrar relating to the petitions and objections, the letters by the Members of the four parties, the oral objections raised in this House, and the need to promote the continuity of the business of the House while respecting the due process of the courts of law, presents this House with a complex situation that requires balanced consideration of the intent and philosophy behind the provisions of Articles 108 and 124 of the Constitution. In determining this delicate balance between the provision that establishes the leadership positions of the House, and the provision which empowers this House to make its own rules of procedure, due regard must be given to Article 3 of the Constitution which requires all persons to protect, defend and uphold the Constitution and Article 10 of the Constitution which requires one to apply the national values and principles of governance when interpreting the Constitution. Hon. Members, I note that the four parties which I mentioned cumulatively, comprise of 14 Members. The Members elected to this House under the four parties have exercised their freedom of association under Article 36 of the Constitution. They have already migrated to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance both in writing and in action. The parties are already enjoying benefits accruing from their membership of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition based on the coalition agreements that they signed and deposited with the Registrar."
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