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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
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    "content": " I withdraw those statements. But this will haunt us. It will come back to us someday. I am not going to go to court. I am no longer a lawyer, but a legislator. This is my place to say things and things must be done here. I must not threaten anybody about the court of law. Those courts of law will take their chance, but this is still going to another House. The point we are making is a very simple one. To join the head of public service at the same time to be the chief of staff are two different nomenclatures. One is a public officer that we oversee because he is the head of public service, but the other is an appointee of the President, who at best is a cabinet secretary. If you go to the Commonwealth, a chief of staff is almost a minister. A president decides who becomes a chief of staff. In fact, this is a person who actually can go to the kitchen of the president. A president is allowed worldwide to take his most loyal person to be the chief of staff. But the head of civil service is another matter. He needs not be the person who is most loyal to the president. He needs to be a person who is loyal to the country so that we can oversee him. These are big issues which will still come back. Other people will interpret it. Maybe the courts of law, I do not know. Maybe the Omtatahs will take these things to the court of law, I do not know. But I can tell you that this is unconstitutional to the extent that it is mixing the head of the public service and the chief of staff. It is very unconstitutional. But because the majority have said so, so be it. The record will show that on this day, Hon. T.J. Kajwang' stood in his place and said that this is unconstitutional. I am sure the person who is the head of civil service, who is also the chief of staff, is watching this. He may push it for all I care, but it is still unconstitutional. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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