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    "id": 33579,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 105,
        "legal_name": "John Harun Mwau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I request for your ruling on the matter of appointment or replacement of the bishop in question. This is on the fact that the Sixth Schedule – the Transitional and Consequential Provisions of the Constitution establishes the JSC. The persons who are appointed to the JSC under Article 20 (3) are to be in office for three years. That is what gives the President the power to appoint the person in question under Article 20 (3) (d) of the Schedule which states:- “One member appointed by the President under Article 171(2)(h) to be identified by the President” That is the person. However, currently the person we are appointing is under Article 171(2) (h) of the Constitution which states that:- “One woman and one man to represent the public, not being lawyers, appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly” The lifespan in office of this particular person, under these particular provisions, under Article 171(4) is five years. This is completely contradictory. Therefore, I think the appointment under Article 171(2)(h) is inconsistent with the Constitution itself."
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