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    "id": 571521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank you for that excellent Communication. May I point out that the appointment of Dr. Patrick Njoroge, whose qualifications we have only heard about and Mrs. Sheila M’Mbijiwe is contrary to the law. If you read Article 145(1) of the Constitution, it provides that:- “A Member of the National Assembly, supported by at least a third of all Members, may move a Motion for the impeachment of the President- (a) on the ground of gross violation of a provision of this Constitution or any other law.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President has breached the Constitution and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Act. “(c) for gross misconduct.” I would like to remind you that when this matter was brought to your attention, the approval and, therefore, the need to appoint these two Kenyans had not been gazettted. But after this matter was brought to your attention and you communicated to all those offices, the Office of the President went ahead to appoint, gazette and arrange for handing over between the outgoing and incoming Governor of CBK. In so doing, the President engaged himself in gross misconduct. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second avenue that I am seeing in my mind is for a member of the public to move to the High Court and persuade the courts to find that the appointment of these two officers was unlawful and, therefore, should be declared null and void. In view of these two limbs that I have referred to, I would like you to advise me, as the Speaker of the Senate of Kenya, on what I should do to protect the Constitution of Kenya and constitutionalism and kill the culture of impunity by the President of the Republic of Kenya. Please, advise me."
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