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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "That is okay, hon. Deputy Speaker. Given that, probably, the Leader of Majority Party did not get what I was asking, or the clarification I sought, let me make it very brief and concise. I want to ask the Leader of Majority Party to clarify the fact that this is the Head of Public Service and this position is in the public service; there are requirements in the Constitution with regard to how an officer can occupy a position in the public service. Why was that not followed? Number two, the Leader of Majority Party has talked about the functions of this office, including co-ordination and administration of Cabinet affairs. If you go to Article 154 of the Constitution that gives the functions of the Secretary to the Cabinet, it is clear that it is the responsibility of that office to communicate Cabinet decisions to other State organs. So, how will we now distinguish between the functions of this office and that of the Secretary to the Cabinet? Are you not creating, or is the President not creating conflict between these two offices? How come that we, as Parliament, vetted the position of Secretary to the Cabinet and gave that position responsibility to co-ordinate Cabinet affairs and then the President now singlehandedly creates another office to do the same function and this House has not even vetted that officer?"
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