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    "id": 540959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I need your direction and communication. You must rule on this. The question I want to raise is whether this House - Members should listen to me - can introduce a matter that was not sought in the prayer of a Petition? They want to remove a member of a commission or independent office from office. This is a House of rules and procedures. This is a House that follows on practice and precedents of other Parliaments. It is a House that is guided by the Standing Orders and the Constitution. The Petition on which this Report is based, and which is before this House, seeks the removal from office of Commissioners Mumo Matemu and Ms. Irene Keino on specific grounds. The grounds are serious violation of the Constitution, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and the Penal Code, gross misconduct in the performance of their functions and incompetence. The role of a relevant Departmental Committee to which a Petition is committed is to interrogate the Petition and report to the House on whether that Petition discloses one or more grounds as set out in Article 251(1) of the Constitution. The matter I am raising is of fundamental importance. Your ruling is going to determine how Petitions will be handled by committees. The Standing Orders provide guidance in this regard. Standing Order No. 230(4) says---"
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