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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Well, hon. Members, I think that it is important that even as you debate this report certain things be made clear. The Parliament of the Republic of Kenya is established under Article 93 of the Constitution and, indeed, Article 94 grants legislative authority of the Republic at the national level to the Parliament. The Parliamentary Service Commission which is not Parliament is established under Article 127 of the same Constitution. The Judiciary is established under Article 159 and its independence provided for under Article 160. The JSC which is not the Judiciary is established under Article 171. Under Article 95(5)(b) the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya exercises oversight over all State organs. Under Article 260 of the Constitution, State Organs are commissions and offices created under the same Constitution. The commissions which I have referred to, that is, the Parliamentary Service Commission and the Judicial Service Commission are State organs over which this National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya has oversight over. I am sure hon. John Olago Aluoch, who has been a commissioner of the Parliamentary Service Commission is aware that the Parliamentary Service Commission has in the past and even now been taken to court. That is perfectly in order. However, it has never happened that somebody in their right minds would take the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya to court."
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