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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise on the same point of order and I would like to draw your attention to Section 35 of the Constitution which gives all Kenyans the express right to information held by the State. I would also like to draw your attention to Standing Order No.41(2) which states as follows:- “A Question shall be of a genuinely interrogative character and its purpose shall be limited to seeking information or pressing for action.” On pressing for action, when a Question is delayed and the intention of the hon. Member was that he presses for action; if it then comes eight months later, the way he did in the case of Dr. Nuh or in some cases it does not come at all, then that need to press for action is breached. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in this very House two weeks ago I pressed for action on the part of Mr. Ojode because his Ministry has appointed two chiefs in Kiminda Location in Nandi Central District. The issue I was raising is how we can have two chiefs in one location? Who of these two chiefs is the chief? That question was pursuant to Article 35 of the Constitution. I wanted Kenyans to have access to the secret information within the Office of the President as to who between these two is the chief. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was pressing under Standing Order No.41 (2) that we know who between Esther and Stephen Tum is the chief, so that, that chief can start earning a salary, serving the public and enjoying the authority that goes with that position---"
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