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    "id": 128457,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "If I look at the spirit of this particular provision, it automatically assumes that you will follow the provisions of Clause 8(3) and Clause 3(4) which, therefore, means that it is only giving the responsibility to the appointing authority, which is Parliament, because the President is only doing it in a ceremonial way. The President cannot appoint somebody who has not been approved by Parliament. Even if Parliament approves that so and so should be appointed without specifically saying that the person should be the Director or Assistant Director, the President has no powers to make that appointment because the approval must expressly come from this House. Therefore, my understanding is that even though the First Schedule is silent about whether Parliament should be consulted in reappointing the Director and the Assistant Director, the spirit of the law is that it should follow Section 8(3) and Section 8(4)."
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