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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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"content": "In his ruling on the Question of when does someone assume office, he said that someone assumes office when he takes oath of office. When you are elected at the constituency, you remain a Member of Parliament elect until you come here to carry the Quran or the Bible to take an oath by swearing or affirming faithfulness to become a Member of Parliament. What is happening now in the case of Hon. Ruku is that the process of being a Cabinet Secretary is ongoing. The President nominates Cabinet Secretaries, forwards their names to the National Assembly for approval then appoints them thereafter. The ceremony of taking oath of office takes place--- Therefore, he is required to resign from the job that he is handling before he takes the oath of office. That is what the Speaker then said. However, yesterday I saw him saying that the NG-CDF is now illegal yet when he was presiding here, he defended the NG-CDF for 10 good years. I am really worried about lawyers. They keep on changing---"
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