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    "id": 1515959,
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have a Communication to make on the leadership and continuity of the business of the House in the Fourth Session of the 13th Parliament. During the afternoon Sitting of Tuesday, 11th February 2025, the Member for Suba North, Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona, rose on a point of order about the designation of the Majority and Minority parties in the House and their respective leadership. In the point of order, she noted that she had been aware of a judgement of the High Court in Nairobi, High Court Case Number E202 of 2023, Kenneth Njagi Njiru versus State Law Office and Jubilee Party of Kenya, where the court had declared the ruling contained in the Communication made on 6th October 2022 on the Majority and Minority parties in the National Assembly as unconstitutional, null and void. In her view, the judgement declared the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party as the Majority Party. Hon. Millie further noted that she had submitted a letter to the Speaker seeking the recognition of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party as the Majority Party and conveying the names of Hon. Junet Mohamed as the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Robert Mbui as the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. She concluded by seeking that the Speaker recuse himself from presiding over the proceedings and allow the Deputy Speaker to recognise Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party as the Majority Party, with Hon. Junet Mohamed as the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Robert Mbui as the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. Notably, Hon. Millie seems to have conveniently forgotten the fact that the Deputy Speaker is also a member of a political party and represents a constituency. As such, her concerns of impartiality would still have arisen if the Deputy Speaker was in the Chair. Indeed, this applies to all Members of the Speaker’s Panel. At the beginning of the debate, I gave Hon. Members some general direction on the issues from the judgement as I understood them, including the fact that the judgement did not bar the Speaker from presiding over the House. In the issues from the judgment as I understood them, including the fact that the judgment did not bar the Speaker from presiding over the House, indeed, the issue of how a vacancy arises in the office of the speaker is expressly provided for in Article 106(2) of the Constitution. Arising from the point of order raised by Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona, no less than 58 other members contributed to the debate that arose with a number raising additional points of order. These included: 1. Deputy Speaker, Hon. Gladys Boss, MP. 2. Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, MP. 3. Hon. Junet Mohamed, MP. 4. Hon. Adan Keynan, MP. 5. Hon. Silvanus Osoro, MP. 6. Hon. Sabina Chege, MP. 7. Hon. Christopher Wangaya, MP. 8. Hon. David Ochieng’, MP. 9. Hon. George Murugara, MP. 10. Hon. Joseph Makilap, MP. 11. Hon. Omboko Milemba, MP."
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