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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Standing Orders are very clear. The mandate of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee is clearly spelt out in the Second Schedule to the Standing Orders. The Committee is very properly within its mandate to look at the legality of the appointment as published in the Kenya Gazette . I would like to remind the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs that he is a Member of Parliament, and he is bound by these Standing Orders. If he has submissions to make to support the appointment, as a Member of this House, he can appear before the Committee. He can take his submissions to the Committee, but he cannot pre-empt the work of the Committee. Now that he is accusing other hon. Members of misleading the House, he, himself, and the Executive, have misled this House; this is because in a similar appointment of Assistant Directors, Messrs. Sholei and Mutonyi, the mater underwent right procedure. The Advisory Board made its recommendation, it came to this House and we approved it, and then the appointments were made by the President. Why has it been different this time? That is the inquiry that my learned friend is trying to pre-empt. Let this House not be gagged by one of its Members, and let it not be misled the way the Government has continuously been misled. I would also like to challenge my colleague to declare his interest in this matter, especially with regard to who should be the Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC)."
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