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    "id": 1568646,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Parliament is a constitutional body enjoined with the authority to discharge constitutional functions. Once a matter is before Parliament and it is under consideration, whether in committee or plenary... The committees mirror the plenary and the proceedings in committees are akin to proceedings in plenary. For the information of the House, I have requested the Chief Justice to hold a colloquium with some members of this House, including yours truly, to ensure that we do not continue talking past each other as arms of Government. We need each other, but we discourage and disapprove of any overreach by one arm of Government over another, especially on matters that are legally clear, constitutionally defined, and morally untenable. Therefore, I direct the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to proceed without haste to vet the nominees for Chairman and members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and report back to this House. Any aggrieved party, whether from the Judiciary, the Executive, or the general public, can then go to court and challenge matters that we, as Parliament, will be functus officio . Let it be clear. A precedent-setting communication will be made next week on this matter to guide us going forward. Thank you. Hon. Members, I want us to reorganise the Order Paper as follows. We will skip Order Nos.7 and 8 for now and proceed first to Order No.9. The reasons for this are known to the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party, and the Members of the House Business Committee. I will provide communication and direction on how to proceed with Order No.9. Following that, we will move to the Committee of the whole House. After that, we will return to Questions and Statements, concluding with Order No.8, and then continue with the remaining orders. Hon. Members, before we go to the Committee of the whole House, I have a communication to make. Please, those who are upstanding, resume your seats."
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