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"content": "Hon. Speaker, on the guidance that you are going to give, it is the Kenyan people who, in their wisdom, in 2010 chose this particular Presidential system. Hon. Speaker, Sir, Article 108 of the Constitution creates the office of Leader of Majority Party and further says that the Leader of the Majority Party will lead the party or the coalition of parties with the highest number of Members of Parliament. Similarly, the Leader of the Minority Party will lead the caucus or the party that has the next biggest number. Hon. Speaker, in any case scenario, in terms of interpretation, that means there will be one coalition, whether it is the minority, as is the case in the USA, or the majority, as is the case is in Kenya, in which the Government will be represented in the House. Article 108 clears that. Hon. Speaker, Standing Order 44 (2)(b) states as follows:- âThe Leader of the Majority Party, or the Leader of the Minority Party, as the case may be, or their designees may make a statement relating to their responsibilities in the House or the activities of a Committee.â Hon. Speaker, this dispensation is very clear before I come to the Constitution. In devolved democracies where the Presidential system of Government is used, and both in the USA where the minority is the Government, in Kenya where the majority coalition is the Government, it is the Leader of the Majority, in the Kenyan case, who will always be the bridge between Parliament and the Executive; he will be the one to bring the sentiments of the Government to the Floor of the House, and will take the sentiments of Parliament to the Executive."
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