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    "id": 1438907,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1438907/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "Why are we discussing this matter? The only place that can hold the Executive accountable constitutionally is Parliament. You can hold someone accountable in the sense that if it is your responsibility to dismiss him from the job he has, you are the only one who can do that. It is a clear provision in the Constitution that this House can remove anyone who occupies those offices. Hon. Speaker, you are a senior lawyer. If this trend continues... The Constitution says that a State officer must bring honour, dignity, and respect to his office. You cannot demean the office you are holding and expect to attract dignity and respect. Let us call a spade a spade. If you want to politicise, fine, and if you want to talk in a church or at a burial, that is fine; but not to the extent of demeaning the Office of the Deputy President. Even the Office of a Member of Parliament cannot be demeaned. When some of our colleagues misbehave, we take offense. When some of our colleagues go to burials and behave in a manner that is unbecoming, we take offense. We talk to them, and as a Minority Whip, I guide them on how to behave. I do not know whether the Executive has a Whip. The whip of the Executive must now come in. I do not know whether it is the Leader of the Majority Party, who is the whip of the Executive. Leader of the Majority Party, if somebody is not interested in a job, there are Kenyans who are interested in that job. Why not do something? We are here to execute it. Many Kenyans can perform – men and women of high standards and calibre."
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