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    "id": 1422454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Orders 1 and 66, as read together with Article 152(9) of the Constitution, for your direction. I seek your directions, pursuant to the further directions that you have just given. You read Article 152(9) and, properly, interpreted it but I would invite you for a proper and thorough interpretation of 152(9) before the Committee tables its Report. In so far as Article 152(9)(a) is concerned, if the Select Committee reports that it finds the allegations unsubstantiated, no further proceedings shall be taken. I wish to invite, for the clarity of the House, the interpretation of the word ‘proceedings’ so that we would know how we react to the Report by the Committee. Without anticipating your direction, my understanding is that Article 152(9) mirrors the process of removal of a Judge under Article 67. The contemplation, therefore, would be that when the Committee reports that they have found the allegations substantiated, then, we proceed under Article 152(9)(b). Where they, however, find it unsubstantiated, no further proceedings shall be taken, which means that the proceedings contemplated in (b) – the affording the Cabinet Secretary a chance to appear before the House and the question of voting – will not be taken. My understanding is that by itself, this does not prevent the House from discussing or debating the report. What it does is to prevent the House from voting on the report. Hon. Speaker, therefore, I would urge you to give us a clearer interpretation of the word ‘proceedings’ and one that goes with the purposes of the Constitution; one that is permissive because the House is entitled to debate the findings of the Committee, including any improprieties that the Committee may be engaging in. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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