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    "content": "commissioners were overstepping their mandate in terms of engaging in the technical and administrative work of the EACC. We also agreed as a Committee that we may need to have a joint session of the Secretariat and the EACC so that we are able to finalize this. One of the things that came out very clearly in terms of this particular issue is that in terms of the workings of the Committee, one of the examples that came out is that particular report that was forwarded to the President by the CEO of the EACC. The Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson indicated that at no time did they sit as a commission to approve the particular report that was forwarded to the President. Therefore, the report that was forwarded to the President was a statement from the Secretariat and not from the EACC. Those were issues that were raised, and the CEO felt that it was within her powers and responsibilities to forward information as provided by the Act of Parliament. We, therefore, left it at that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the resignation, if at all there is resignation of one of the commissioners, the law provides that the quorum for a commission is two thirds of the commissioners. In this case, the EACC as a Commission is made up of three commissioners. If one resigns, that means that you still have quorum for the other two commissioners and, therefore, the work of the EACC can still be transacted even if Prof. Onsongo resigned. On the fourth issue, to clarify whether Prof. Onsongo, in her alleged resignation, was responding to external pressure, it came out very clearly that the Vice-Chairperson and Prof. Onsongo, the former commissioner, if she has resigned—"
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