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    "id": 532291,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Anything that is put before this House must meet constitutional test. You cannot, for example, elect somebody to Parliament and before gazettement you say that publication to the Kenyan Gazette need not be prior or after. The only way that a Member of Parliament can be sworn in is after publication of the results of any general election; parliamentary or presidential elections. I am indebted to the Senate Majority Leader who has said that I am making my point in good faith. Once a document is to be presented before the Senate, then it has to meet the requirements of the Constitution. There is a direction by the Constitution which is mandatory. The Report based on Article 10 of the Constitution must be gazetted. We cannot begin to argue whether it is “after” or “thereafter”. The provisions we are referred to under Article 254, in fact, reinforce my point. That requirement is on the assumption that anything that this House deals with should be out there in the public. Members of the public are deemed to have seen it. They may inform their Members what their positions are on any particular publication as it is required under the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you will cut corners, I will be quite happy with it because we are used to doing it. However, when the Constitution says that it must be gazetted, then that becomes a mandatory requirement. According to the Standing Order I have quoted, what is required to be tabled is only the Presidential Address. On this one, I think we need publication in the Kenyan Gazette before we deal with it in the Senate."
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