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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "You know she has this penchant of interrupting me to look her way and I do not want to look her way. Let me look at you, Hon. Speaker, because I want to address you. I was inviting you to the provisions of Article 47. I also invite you to the provisions of Article 236(b) of our Constitution. They provide that due process of the law must be followed prior to effecting any removal-from-office process. It also behoves the Minority Coalition to prove it has adhered to the provisions of Article 236(b) - that a fair process of removal from office has been effected. From what I hear after keenly listening to Members elected on the Jubilee ticket, they are saying that they have not been afforded the opportunity to be heard. They did not even participate in the purported meeting of a coalition that they are being forced into. I say “being forced into” because I also want to draw your attention to last year. You will recall that last year, you gave a very detailed and holistic Communication on the question of the leadership of this House, when it was contentious about who the Majority and the Minority is between the Azimio Coalition and ourselves. You remember you alluded in your Communication that you could not confirm with certainty which parties are in Azimio and which ones are not. As you stated, the post-election agreements remain a mystery to date. Only yesterday, we read for the First Time the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill. This Bill requires the Registrar of Political Parties to table the agreements to the House within a period of 15 days of receiving them. That is so that it becomes clear who is in what coalition. I have had occasions to hear in the media the honourable Leader of the Minority Party claim that Hon. Keynan and Hon. Mutuse belong to his Coalition. I have heard Hon. Mutuse deny that he belongs to the Azimio Coalition. I just wanted to draw your attention to your own ruling when you determined the issue of the Majority and the Minority. Two, I want to speak to my good friend, the Leader of the Minority Party. We are in a season of talking about bi-partisanship, the need to reason together, and the need to listen to 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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