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    "id": 124593,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to begin by thanking the whole House for their overwhelming support to this Bill. Indeed, this country and House have come of age. A Bill like this one has been considered purely on its own merit. There is nothing to do with party affiliations, Cabinet positions or the Back Bench. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many contributors raised the cardinal points we wanted to raise. We were exercising a very simple procedure. For clarity, I would wish to restate what I had stated when moving the Motion. This Bill is already constrained by the Constitution. So, you cannot really claim that it is unconstitutional. Section 16 says:- “There shall be such offices of Ministers of the Government of Kenya as may be established by Parliament or subject to any provisions made by Parliament by the President” Yes, the President is the appointing authority. The President has the Constitutional obligation to do it, but the Constitution anticipated a situation where Parliament would help the President in determining the numbers and portfolios. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for almost the last 46 years, this Parliament in particular, did not live to that constitutional obligation. This is what we are waking up to. The Constitution has already given us the proviso and we are just going to make use of it."
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