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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, under Standing Order 80, it is my work and obligation to demonstrate to you that this matter is live and relevant. The documents I supplied to your Office and have been acknowledged, one of them is an affidavit sworn by one Andrew Okiya Omtata Okoiti who says that he is the second petitioner. He has sworn an elaborate affidavit comprising 17 paragraphs and he seeks to convince the court that the matter is urgent. Similarly, in a certificate of urgency also dated 7th September, 2009 â that date is important because, apparently, the matter was filed in court yesterday â and signed by one Kibe Mungai, an advocate of the honorable court and a distinguished lawyer in this country, has also demonstrated how urgent this matter is. There is also a Chamber summons attached to the documents I have forwarded to your Office. I did this out of courtesy because I did not want to take you by surprise. The Chamber summons is under Section 84 of the Constitution which this House, since Independence, has given power to the Chief Justice to make rules regarding Constitutional questions and references. The Chamber summons demonstrates, and I do not want to read it, that the parties feel that they are within the provision of that Act. As a matter of fact, these are my concluding remarks. My information as I speak to you is that the Court has accepted the Certificate of Urgency and has set this matter for hearing inter parties on 15th September, 2009, which is next week. Therefore, could I be in order to say that I have satisfied you to seek your direction regarding this very important matter so that Parliament does not deny the honorable Court the opportunity to make decisions on questions that are far reaching than what honorable Members have been able to raise because they have not asked the questions that have been asked by these litigants? One of the litigants here is the Nairobi Law Society of Kenya and another 10 or 15 people who have now filed this matter against the Attorney-General and the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). The petition is addressed to the High Court."
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