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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area that the Committees looked into was whether the President was exercising his Executive prerogative of appointment as stipulated in the Constitution. In fact, the Committees looked and examined the said Section 24 of the Constitution and the power of appointment that the section gives to the President. It was clear that even appointments under this section are subject to the Constitution and any other law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to read to the House Section 24, which states as follows:- “Subject to this Constitution and any other law, the powers of constituting and abolishing offices for the Republic of Kenya, or making appointments to any such offices and terminating any such appointment shall vest in the President”. It was the view of the Committees that in these circumstances, the “any other law” referred to in the Constitution is the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act that sets out the process of appointments. So, the issue of whether it was the Executive prerogative was also dealt with. Fourthly and finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee dealt with the issue of whether the Gazette Notice was a subsidiary legislation. We note that Standing Order No.197 makes reference to subsidiary legislation without specifically defining the same. In fact, subsidiary legislation in our Standing"
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