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    "id": 45677,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, the Chair had on Wednesday, 8th December, 2010 issued a Communication regarding the production of reports of various Commissions of Inquiry which had been requested for by Ms. Karua. On that occasion, the Chair ruled that before the enactment of the Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Act No.5 of 2010, which came into force on 30th August, 2010, a Commission of Inquiry established under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, Cap.102 of the Laws of Kenya, had no obligation to make a report to the National Assembly on its findings upon completion of an inquiry. The Chair noted in that ruling that the amending Act did not have a retrospective effect and there was, thus, no legal obligation for reports of inquiries conducted before this date, to be laid before the House. However, that amendment imposed an obligation for reports made after 30th August, 2010 to be tabled before the House. The Chair further noted that as the law stood before 30th August, 2010 there was no obligation on the part of the President to make public the findings of a Commision of Inquiry."
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