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    "id": 541097,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "I am seconding the amendment so that people do not start guessing whether this House has power or not to remove the Commission Secretary of the EACC. I want, from the beginning, to state that Parliament cannot remove the Commission Secretary. But looking at powers conferred to this Parliament by Article 95(5) of the Constitution, we have the power to initiate a process to remove State officers. The Commission Secretary to the EACC is a State officer. We only find it necessary that we amend this Report to make a provision that the Commission Secretary should be one of the first people that should be dealt with according to the provisions of Section 17 of the EACC Act, just in the event that the Commission is sent home. What we are doing is providing or advising the incoming Commission that the first term of reference, the first duty when you get to office, is to deal with the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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