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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "officers who accompanied the Cabinet Secretaries, were surprised by the absence of the Mace and the usual strict procedures associated with the plenary of the House. This is, therefore, to tell all Members of Parliament that we should be united in promoting the values of the Constitution and constitutionality. Hon. Speaker, I want to make it very clear that the Committee on General Oversight is like any other committee of this House and this morning we even had a chance to sit at County Hall, which can accommodate more than 150 Members of Parliament. What we did this morning was the same. Amendments were made to the Standing Orders when we allowed, under a presidential system of Government, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury to come to the House every June 15th or thereabout and present the Budget. Hon. Speaker, that begs the question why Mr. Nyachae and many others did not raise a question when this House amended the Standing Orders and allowed Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich to come and present the Budget of the whole nation in a Committee of the whole House? Hon. Speaker is mandated by the House under Standing Order 170E. I will ensure that by the end of the day a schedule of next week’s meeting will be ready for dispatch to respective Cabinet Secretaries in good time. Hon. Speaker, today we had Cabinet Secretary, Charity Ngilu and I want to apologise on behalf of her two colleagues, and say that next Tuesday they will appear before the Committee of the House and answer questions. Hon. Speaker, I think it is time that the likes of the Chair of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), my very good friend, Charles Nyachae, knew that he is not the only one who went to a law school. He is not the only one who can read the Constitution. He cannot threaten people that if they do not go his way he will go to court. Courts belong to Kenyans. Courts do not belong to the CIC. They do not belong to Charles Nyachae. They do not belong to other people, but belong to the people of Kenya. Hon. Speaker, I rest my case and assure the House that today we had a good session with Mrs. Charity Ngilu. We should look at the day from the presentation made by Mrs. Charity Ngilu and treat the other two Cabinet Secretaries the way we treat other members of the Executive who fail to appear before various committees after being summoned. What do you do when they do not come? They give a reason and they are given another opportunity. So, I want to urge my colleagues that there is nothing that has been lost and that we will continue and we expect that the Committee on General Oversight, just like the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and all other committees, will operate within the provisions of the Standing Orders. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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