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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sabina Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Save for reports that I heard last week from the media, I am really shocked that a Communication is being done on my removal from a position that was negotiated by my Party with our coalition partners! This is being done without informing or involving me at all! As you are aware, Article 47 of the Constitution provides for a right of every person to administrative action that is lawful, reasonable, and procedurally fair. Article 236(b) of the Constitution provides that due process of law should be followed prior to any removal of office process being effected. I am a Member of Jubilee Party and I can confirm to this House that we have not been called to any Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting of our Jubilee Party, and neither have our coalition partners called us formally to any meeting. So, I feel that this right has been denied. We are 28 Members in this House and so this position is not Hon. Sabina’s but Jubilee Party’s. We need to be consulted and involved in any process or decision. I will only sum this as harassment and intimidation from our coalition partners. It has happened before. Hon. Speaker, you remember when the issue of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) came up. We even sought for some time to sit with our coalition partners, but our party was denied a position in the Commission, which position is a right. Under Article 3 of the Constitution, you have an obligation to uphold the Constitution which you have severally done in this House. Allow me to say that that letter from the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Wandayi, which you have referred to and which also makes reference to Standing Order 20(A), alleges to commence the replacement. I seek the indulgence of Members of this House, as we read Standing Order 20(A), to tell me whether the Standing Orders accord with the Constitution in terms of Article 47 on fair administration of action. The Standing Order has no due process and this is what the Leader of the Minority Party is using to intimidate me to leave a position that was negotiated by my Party. I will not take it kindly. I also know that my Party Members will not take it kindly. There is no justice, and due process has not been followed. As I have said before, I only heard of this on the Floor of this House. Neither myself nor my party Members were contacted. Was any meeting held? Were there minutes that were given to you as part of this Communication? Were there signatures? How many Members of Jubilee Party signed? I beg that you avail to us these records and give us ample time for us to sit and deliberate as, one, Jubilee Party, and, two, as a coalition. As a way forward, I know you have commented that you have received our messages from Hon. Samuel Arama who is our Parliamentary Whip on Jubilee Party side. We are an independent Party, and we deserve to have our own position in this matter including our leadership position as Jubilee Party. We cannot be ignored when we have 28 Members. We are the second largest Minority Party. We, therefore, beg that you give us time. We have our dispute resolution mechanisms and we have to follow due process. Give us time so that we can table before you, in this House, the deliberations that will follow. For now, I would like to request that the Communication be treated as null and void until all the parties sit down and agree. Everybody needs to be involved. We will not allow this position to go like it happened for the position of commissioners. I raised the matter but it was ignored. We lost a position then, but we will not allow our partners to take this one away. It may not be me but… (technical hitch) I am the victim."
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