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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just giving you a copy of this so that I do not get you unawares because we meet with your consent. This Standing Order says:- “A Motion may, with the approval of the Speaker - which I so seek now - be moved by any Member, either with or without notice that the proceeding on any specified business be exempted from the provisions--- We go direct to Part XX, Committee of the Whole House and Part XXII, Select Committees. If we appreciate this Standing Order, it gives us, as the National Assembly, the entry point for us to discuss the Motion acknowledging that the President, in consultation with the Prime Minister, has recommended the names of Dr. Willy Mutunga, Nancy Baraza and Keriako Tobiko to the National Assembly for approval, after the nominees had certified the Judicial Service Commission for appointment for the positions of Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and Director of Public Prosecution, respectively. Concerned that an unhealthy political stalemate between the ODM and PNU parties is threatening the conclusion of this important process, this House, in an effort to unlock this impasse resolves under Standing Order No.216 that it has satisfied itself with those nominees and forthwith approves all the three of them for the formal appointment to their respective positions by the President. I raise this matter because when you look at the voices that are against the three names, you very quickly see the same faces that were against the passing of the new Constitution when it was at the point of the Referendum. I am afraid that if this matter is not brought before this House, the same voices can still go to those little committees that are, of course, Committees of this House and influence them with falsehoods and some of the things imagined to the extent that a verdict can come here, where you will find that a great son of this country, like Dr. Willy Mutunga, has found his name barred from going ahead. I beg that you weigh in Standing Order No.216 and allow this issue to be finished here and now, so that we spend next week on important issues that hon. Kimunya has brought before the House. With those few remarks, I hope that you consider my request."
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