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    "id": 25373,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Mr. Chairman, Sir, let me begin again then. Listen to this: At page 157, you will find the position of Inspector-General. It is Article 245. It says: “There is established the office of the Inspector-General of the National Police Service. (ii) The Inspector-General is appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament.” So, I left that. If you can keep Parliament in one corner of your big brain and I take you now to page 63 where it says in Article 93: “There is established a Parliament of Kenya which shall consist of the National Assembly and the Senate.” both of them comprise the Senate. Then it continues:- (2)“The National Assembly and the Senate shall perform their respective functions in accordance with this Constitution.” Then when you go to Article 124(4) which talks about approvals, you will find it at page 78(4), it says: “When a house of Parliament considers any appointment for which its approval is required under this Constitution or an Act of Parliament, the appointment shall be considered by a committee of the relevant House.” Therefore, the authority as to which house will vet appears in the Act. This Bill contemplates the approval being in the National Assembly and not in the Senate. I can even go further and say that, even if the Act was not contemplating that, to the extent that the Senate has not yet been established, you will have to come to this House and so, to the National Assembly."
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