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    "id": 513760,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, Section 13 the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, which we passed last year under the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, states that despite the provisions of the Act or any other law – including the Judicial Service Commission Act of 2011 – where time is prescribed for doing an act or taking of proceedings by the National Assembly relating to a public appointment, the National Assembly may by resolution extend that time by a period not exceeding 14 days. The need for seeking an extension of time has arisen as a result of conflict between Standing Order (SO) 45 (3), which states that before holding an approval hearing, a Committee to which proposed appointments have been referred shall notify the candidate and the public of the time and place for holding of the approval hearing at least seven days prior to the hearing. In order for us to be in line with the Standing Order and comply with it, we are seeking an extension of 10 days because the Judicial Service Act requires that we approve within seven days. Our own Standing Orders require that we must give the candidate and the persons who wish to participate by giving memoranda, whether in approval or objection, seven clear days prior to the hearing. If we were to do that, we would certainly be outside the law. Fortunately, Section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act gives us a window on which we can seek an extension in order for this House to grant the approval. So, the Committee is seeking that the period within which to undertake the vetting be extended by further 10 days to allow us time and to comply with the Standing Orders. Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to move and ask hon. Florence Kajuju, the Member of Parliament for Meru County, to second."
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