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    "id": 1492979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Chepkong’a",
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    "content": "to appear before the Departmental Committee on Education, claiming that they are interfering with the education of our children in the primary schools, or interfering with the management of the primary schools. We are very clear in our minds. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are inviting you to rule that State officers, particularly the cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries, when a matter is not relevant as provided in the Constitution, should not appear before the Senate. You have even seen one which, unfortunately, Hon. Murugara has just walked out. That was in fact very hilarious. If you look at the question of Shakahola, there was a committee which was investigating the criminality which obtained in that particular region. The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is not a devolved function, neither is it a county function. Why would you waste so much precious money? In fact, it is just that we do not want to say this but, it is akin to misuse of public resources to inquire into a function in which they are alien to. We, therefore, want a ruling that obligates the State officers not to go to the Senate. And if they go, we are obligated in this House to commence proceedings for their removal under our role and mandate that is given to us under Article 94 of the Constitution, to oversee State officers, including removing them."
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