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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "content": "has not been resolved by the committee. I believe rightly so, because that is a matter that should squarely fall within the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee (JLAHRC). Secondly and my final point, there is another issue I sought on the legal standing of all the businesses that have been transacted by the two factions, especially the faction that was led by a speaker who had been impeached. If you read the documents that have been tabled before the court, there is a finding in Petition No.E-008 of 2024 where Justice Okwany states that she gave the initial orders in that case erroneously and that she did not up the jurisdiction to entertain the issues that were before her. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second matter is Petition No.E001/2024, that was filed before the Employment and Labour Relations Court at Kisii, being, Constitutional and Human Rights Division, Petition No.1/2024. If you read that affidavit which appears on page 244 of the report, the Speaker says that he was present when the vote to impeach him was taken and that he intends to have the High Court declare the impeachment process to be unconstitutional. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like the Senate Standing Committee on (JLAHRC) to tell this House the import of a Speaker moving to court after impeachment, seeks a conservatory order and the court declines to issue a conservatory order. What happens to the resolution that was passed by the County Assembly? This is because those issues are weighty and legal in nature. They are urgent issues that need to be resolved so that we can have resumption of normal operations in the County Assembly of Nyamira. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek that you refer those issues to the Senate Standing Committee on JLAHRC for determination. I am making this request as the Senator who rose and sought answers from the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations. I thank the Senators who dealt with this matter. I am also happy that they have directed the sittings of the Assembly to proceed in accordance with the Constitution of Kenya and the law. This means that anybody who has gone to court and has not obtained any orders should respect the constitutional process that has taken place. We do that all the time. Since the matter is urgent, I will seek your direction that the Committee reports on that matter within 14 days. I thank you."
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