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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Alfred Keter",
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        "legal_name": "Alfred Kiptoo Keter",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to seek clarification on a matter that touches on a proposed Motion that I was intending to bring to this House. It touches on the removal of one Cabinet Secretary (CS), Anne Waiguru. I do not want to revisit your Communication but I want to understand the extent to which it affects my Motion. This is because by the time you gave a Communication on 22nd October, 2015 to set standards on how we should handle future cases of Special Motions like mine; I had already submitted my Motion to the Clerk’s Office. The same day you gave your Communication, I received a letter in the morning from your office which said:- “I refer to your Notice of Motion for the removal of Ms. Anne Waiguru as the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning under Article 152 of the Constitution. After a preliminary review of your Notice of Motion as required by Standing Order No. 47(1), take note that eight Members have invoked the provisions of Standing Order No. 66(4) and subsequently written withdrawing their signatures in support of the Motion. Consequently, the support of the Motion falls short of the threshold required under Article 152(6) of the Constitution and Standing Order No. 61(c).” Hon. Speaker, you stated very clearly in your Communication that there is no room or provision for a Member who has appended his signature to support a Motion to say he is changing his mind and he wants to withdraw his signature. That is from your own Communication. However, my Motion went through a scenario where Members were allowed to withdraw their signatures. I really want to understand if your Communication touches on just the substance of my Motion or the whole procedure that I need to use so that I ensure that, that Motion is before this House. This Motion falls under Special Motions but there is another category that is coming up. It is becoming a Special Motion out of Special Motions. I am facing challenges at the moment and Kenyans are waiting. You have to understand the background that many other institutions like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have already failed Kenyans in ensuring that we check on these issues that touch on corruption. This is the only House that has the confidence of Kenyans in ensuring that we check on issues of corruption. We have to really take this issue with the seriousness that it deserves. So, I seek your clarification. Thank you so much."
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