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    "id": 541089,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "these people or whether the Petition dies before us here. If it goes to the President, then he will form a tribunal and other things that he can do but, again, this House is entitled under the Constitution, in Article 95, to express itself nonetheless, although that resolution does not go to the President. But it can express itself under Article 95 which states that the National Assembly reviews conduct of State officers and initiates the process of removing them from office. I am very proud that I am the first one to rise to make an amendment that will create a precedent on how we can play the role of oversight on State officers in this country. As Members, we have a right, authority and express power in the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, I do not know whether I can have two minutes to express this. I am just on the winding sections but I am saying that we have power under Article 95 to review the conduct of State officers. Those State officers have been defined by Article 260 and we know who they are. In this case, they have been said to be people who are mentioned in the national legislation and the national legislation dealing with this is the EACC Act. In Section 16, the Secretary of the Commission has been specifically said to be a State officer. We are not---"
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