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    "id": 1515486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " I stand under Standing Orders 19 and 20, and in furtherance of the recent decision by the High Court HCC/E202/2023, Kenneth Njagi Njiru and 11 Others versus the National Assembly of Kenya and Others. I will not go to the merits and demerits of that matter. I will focus on what the court concluded: That the Azimio la Umoja side is the majority. Based on that, because I have said I am not going to the merits and demerits of the decision, I want to indicate that I have today, as the Whip of the Majority Party of Azimio, handed over to your office a copy of that decision of the High Court with a letter, according to the Standing Orders, that we are giving you Hon. Junet Mohamed as our Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Robert Mbui as our Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. Following the Standing Orders, Hon. Junet Mohamed will thereafter communicate to me officially as the Whip of the Majority Party, going by what the Standing Orders provide. Hon. Speaker, I also stand under Standing Order 90. I actually consulted you about this. If you look at that judgment, the court actually infers that, because of the positions you hold as Speaker and party leader of your party, it is not possible for you to be fair. You are going to be conflicted when presiding over matters of this House. I, therefore, humbly request you to step down and mandate Hon. Gladys Boss to take over discharging the functions of the Speaker because of your conflict of interest. In conclusion, because I said I will not go into the merits and demerits of the matter, I urge that, as Parliament, we obey court rulings and decisions even when we disagree with them. You can see my two colleagues are standing next to me. My advice to them in future is to follow a philosophy from my community, which says, telo ikawo telo ok mi ng’ato . Next time, they should do what Hon. Ruku did. Jump if you have to, but take your position as Hon. Millie has."
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