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    "id": 193650,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193650/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
        "slug": "mutula-kilonzo"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, are the hon. Members raising this issue in order to mislead the House and the country? This country has a Constitution, which, under Section 16, provides for the appointment of Ministers, and Section 19 provides for appointment of Assistant Ministers. The only law that governs the taking of office in this country is the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act. Mr. Speaker, Sir, once an hon. Member is elected to the House he or she is required to swear an oath before you. That has been done by the Assistant Ministers. Similarly, when His Excellency the President appoints a Minister or an Assistant Minister under Section 16, it is required by law that before that person takes his or her office, he or she swears the oath of office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the letter of appointment is an invention; a practice, in the country that, strictly speaking, has no legal basis. Other than employer and employee--- I share the views of my colleague, the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, by asking whether the hon. Members raising this issue are in order, because they are misleading the country by borrowing from the media and merely suggesting that a letter of appointment is a requirement before someone takes the office of Assistant Minister."
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