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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdi Mohamud",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will take less than five minutes. Sen. Okiya Omtatah raised the issue of whether the agreement of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition Government document is unconstitutional. It is only the courts that can actually find whether that document is unconstitutional or not. It is not within my ability or power to comment about the constitutionality or otherwise and neither can I state whether the document is null and void or whether it contravenes certain Articles of the Constitution. Secondly, he asked of who is to blame for drawing unconstitutional agreements or documents. That is also something that can be tried in court in my view. If anybody wants to know if a document is constitutional or not, then the best thing to do is to try it in our courts. The courts will give directions on what can be done. The other question was on whether we have investigated any criminal conduct against the Deputy President. I have indicated clearly that we have not investigated the Deputy President for any criminal culpability or any criminal case as far as EACC is concerned. Sen. Chute, thank you very much for the compliment. I appreciate. Now, the issue of bullying of KEMSA officers or staff came from the CEO, himself. He gave evidence in this House. It is this House to consider if it is something that can stand the test or not. As for Ms. Terry Ramadhan, we did our bit in terms of recommending for disciplinary action to be taken against her for her role in this particular procurement. I indicated we do not have the compellence powers to enforce disciplinary or administrative action, I leave it at that. On whether our recommendation is for the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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