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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, further to what the Senior Counsel has said, is it really in order for our colleagues to insist on a matter that is so clearly spelt out in the Constitution itself? The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. I want to refer the House to the provisions of Section 21 of the Constitution. I quote:- \"A Minister or an Assistant Minister shall not enter upon the duties of his office unless he has taken and subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance and such oath for the due execution of his office as may be prescribed by Parliament\". This is very clear. The House will recall that when the Minister for Medical Services came here and attempted to answer a Question before he was sworn-in, the Chair ordered that whatever he June 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1085 had said be expunged from the proceedings of the House. The predominant position is that once Assistant Ministers are sworn-in, they are then able to execute their duties."
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