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    "id": 567030,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "(7) If a motion under Clause (6) is supported by at least one-third of the members of the National Assembly— (a) the Assembly shall appoint a select committee comprising eleven of its members to investigate the matter; and, (b) the select committee shall, within ten days, report to the Assembly whether it finds the allegations against the Cabinet Secretary to be substantiated. (8) The Cabinet Secretary has the right to appear and be represented before the select committee during its investigations. (9) If the select committee reports that it finds the allegations (a) unsubstantiated, no further proceedings shall be taken; or, (b) substantiated, the National Assembly shall— (i) afford the Cabinet Secretary an opportunity to be heard; and, (ii) vote whether to approve the resolution requiring the Cabinet Secretary to be dismissed. (10) If a resolution under Clause (9)(b)(ii) requiring the President to dismiss a Cabinet Secretary is supported by a majority of the members of the National Assembly— (a) the Speaker shall promptly deliver the resolution to the President; and, (b) the President shall dismiss the Cabinet Secretary.” Having said this, Hon. Members, Standing Order Nos.61, 64 and 66 come into perspective. My reading of the said provisions of the Constitution and the Standing Orders lays down the following seven steps to be followed during consideration of this Special Motion. The first step relate to the manner of drafting the Motion and collecting the requisite number of signatures (at least 88), seeking the Speaker’s approval on the Motion, and finally giving Notice of the Motion in the House. Those three steps have already been fulfilled by the hon. Member including collecting the requisite number of signatures in support of the Notice of Motion. However, even though 95 signatures were appended to the Notice of Motion as originally submitted to my office and to the House, that number has reduced by one as the name and signature of the Member for Bungoma County, Hon. Reginalda Wanyonyi, MP, has appeared twice in the list. Honourable Members"
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