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    "id": 540903,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Standing Order No.230, the Committee reports to the House that the Petition discloses grounds for the removal from office of the following members of the Commission; Mr. Mumo Matemu and Ms. Irene Keino and recommends to the House as follows: That, the House resolves that the Petition herein together with the material in its support be sent to His Excellency the President pursuant to Article 251 of the Constitution. It also recommends that the House resolves that His Excellency the President appoints a tribunal to deal with the matter in accordance with Article 251(5) of the Constitution and that considering the matters to which the Petition herein relates, the House resolves that His Excellency the President suspends the Commissioners herein pending the determination of the tribunal. Hon. Speaker, those are the recommendations of the Committee supported by the evidence which includes, again just to underscore, the letter of 9th September, 2014, the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) Report, the resignation letter of Prof. Onsogo, the Tenth Parliament Report and many other documents that we have availed in the list that is in Page 2. We have put in the documents even those relating to the ownership of the Integrity Centre and all the documents we received from the various people we were able to hear during the process of this Petition. We have also said that the removal of these Commissioners will not in any way stall the processes and the matters under investigation. We feel as a Committee that the removal of these two Commissioners will give the Commission a new lease of life. I wish to beg the House to adopt the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and to assure everybody that the Committee remains steadfast. It was after an ultimatum by the Committee that the EACC took the Anglo Leasing files to court. They did not go to court on their own. The Commission went to court after ultimatums, pressure and timelines were given by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Committee is completely convinced that the fight against corruption needs a different set of commissioners who can lead this Commission well. I beg to move and ask hon. Mohamed Abdi Haji, Member of Parliament for Banissa to second the Motion. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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