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    "id": 1407404,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Following the resolution of the Special Motion under Order No.13 relating to the removal of Hon. Franklin Mithika Linturi, from the office of the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development pursuant to Article 152(6) of the Constitution, I wish to guide the House on the next process as envisaged in the Constitution and our Standing Orders. Hon. Members, Article 152(7) of the Constitution requires that: If a motion under clause (6) is supported by at least one-third of the members of the National Assembly - (a) the Assembly shall appoint a select committee comprising eleven of its members to investigate the matter; and (b) the select committee shall, within ten days, report to the Assembly whether it finds the allegations against the Cabinet Secretary to be substantiated. Hon. Members, as you can see, the Constitution is unequivocal in the procedure to be followed after a decision is made by the House at each stage of the process. The next step to be taken, therefore, is the appointment of Hon. Members to a select committee to investigate the matter. Hon. Members, in this regard, I hereby direct that the parliamentary parties in the House expeditiously nominate Members to serve in the select committee and submit the names to the Office of the Speaker for onward transmission to the Committee on Selection. Thereafter, the Committee on Selection ought to expedite its consideration of the names and bring the relevant Motion to the House for approval, so as to commence consideration of this matter."
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