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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As you know, I have tremendous respect for Hon. Linturi who is my very good friend. I also thought that he was rising on a point of order. Unfortunately, he put the cart before the horse. The Committee considered the Memorandum of the President and forwarded this request to the Hon. Speaker to determine whether it is in line with his recent ruling as to whether this proposed amendment by the Committee was in line with the President’s Reservation. Unfortunately, the only thing that we may have missed was in respect to the time period. Otherwise the entire recommendation from the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was ensuring that it is systematic and was done in a fair manner. The reason why the Committee felt that it should be six months, as you know, we recently passed the law on the Fair Administrative Action. We wanted the process to be short so that you do not keep people waiting and guessing whether they are going to be retained or not. We wanted this process to be as quick as possible. Unfortunately, we were misunderstood. The intention was not to oppose the President at all. Our intention was to ensure that the President’s Reservation is carried through. In light of the ruling by the Speaker, I wish to withdraw the amendment so that we can make progress with respect to this matter. As I conclude, we hope that the process will be carried out expeditiously to ensure that the members of staff who were at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission are not left in limbo. They must be sure that they will continue to serve Kenya. They also have a right to serve in the positions in which they have been employed."
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