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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the sentiments of the President in rejecting a number of those amendments that had been introduced in the House earlier except with that which dealt with appointment and dismissal of the Secretary to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). As you know, this is a legal question in which the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs expressed itself in very clear way; that this is a matter that should not be left to the whims of the commissioners of the EACC. We are not opposing the President just for the sake of it. We are just saying that it is not good law that this House approves the appointment of the Secretary and is removed by persons who have been approved by this House and who are also supposed to be removed by the approval of this House and usurp the powers of this House. That is usurping powers if you bypass Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I forgot to ask for the re-committal of that particular part but since it has come back to the full House, it is unfortunate. It just escaped my attention but this matter should have been recommitted to the Committee. Thank you."
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