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    "id": 196353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, this is the supreme organ of the State and the Government. You are all lawmakers. The Speaker rules in accordance with the Standing Orders which are passed by the House. He does not create his own Standing Orders; rather the institution of Parliament does so. The laws are enacted and amended on the Floor of this House. The Constitution of Kenya is also a product of Parliament. We can only rule in accordance with those three documents. The three documents are within your mandate and authority in as far as reforming or amending them is concerned. The Backbenchers, in this House, have the right of association. You have the right of taking a position in the House. If you have the numbers, you have the right of overriding the Government. These are rights which are within your own authority and mandate. You exercise them yourselves in the best possible manner you can, but, again, within the rules. You can change the rules. The Standing Orders Committee is a Committee of 11 Members. They are all Backbenchers. None of them is a Frontbencher. We have 16 Committees. Two of them are oversight Committees. These are the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Public Investments Committee (PIC). The rest are Departmental Committees. All the Members of those Committees are Backbenchers. You have the tools to change what you want to change. When you change the rules, the Chair will rule on the basis of the new rules. Thank you very much."
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