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    "id": 463532,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I am sure the people the Member represents were expecting him to raise a more serious and fundamental point of order. I am sure Kitutu Masaba voters are watching and they will have their day because of what their Member of Parliament has said. If I may continue, the word “sycophant” is relative. It depends on which school you went to and who taught you English. Article 93 of the Constitution introduces chapter eight on the Legislature up to Article 125. Article 129 begins chapter nine on the Executive and Article 159 begins Chapter 10 on the Judiciary. I am sure no Member of the Executive has been summoned to Parliament and refused to come. It is unfortunate if the Attorney General wrote that letter, we will deal with that at its time. The Government which President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta leads is one that respects Parliament. It is a new system. When a Member of the Executive is summoned by Parliament, Articles 125 and 124 will be used. My good friend, hon. Keynan and hon. Shebesh were with me in a number of Committees in the last Parliament where people were summoned and asked hard questions. This matter before us is one that should be discussed within the context of a presidential system. Hon. Speaker, under Article 152 Cabinet Secretaries, whether in this country or in the USA, know that the function of Parliament is oversight. Where there are issues, the same Constitution, Standing Orders and the Committees of this House will find the exit strategy. Even before the President sacks a Cabinet, the process is documented in this Constitution and the Standing Orders. Hon. Speaker, I want to undertake that I will not use the words “rein on them”, but they must allow Parliament to execute its mandate. They must follow the Constitution as prescribed so that Parliament and its Committees have a very strong and powerful constitutional responsibility to oversee the Executive; whether in its own departments, Ministries or even parastatals. So, with the Chair’s indulgence, I am sure I will pass the message. On a lighter touch, I would advise hon. Keynan that as much as he wants to use Article 35 of the Constitution on the freedom of access to information, let him be candid and tell the country how he got access to that letter. Did he break into the office or the registry of the Speaker to access that document or he was given by somebody? We need to know how The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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