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    "id": 182553,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 17 and replacing it with the following:- 17. (1) Without prejudice to Section 16, the chairperson or commissioner may be removed from office by the President:- (a) for misbehaviour or misconduct; or, (b) if the chairperson or commissioner is convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude but not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or, (c) if the chairperson or commissioner is unable to discharge the functions of his office by reason of physical or mental infirmity; or (d) if the chairperson or commissioner is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Commission without good cause but shall not be removed except in accordance with this section. (2) Where the removal, the question of the removal from office of the chairperson or a commissioner arises under subsection (1):- (a) the Chief Justice shall, by notice in the gazette appoint a Tribunal which shall consist of a chairperson and two other members selected by the Chief Justice from among persons who hold or have held office as judges of the High Court; (b) the Tribunal shall inquire into the matter and report on the facts to the Chief Justice and recommend whether the chairperson or the commissioner ought to be removed from office and the Chief Justice shall communicate the recommendations of the Tribunal to the President. (3) Where the question of removing the chairperson or a commissioner has been referred to a Tribunal under subsection (2), the President may suspend the chairperson or the commissioner from the Commission and the suspension may at any time be revoked by the President and shall in any case cease to have effect if the Tribunal recommends to the President that the chairperson or the commissioners, as the case may be, should not be removed."
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