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    "content": "request for directions and guidance from the Speaker on various other issues, which I will set out shortly. Hon. Members, you will also recall that this matter did attract a lot of reasoned concern in the House. Various Members spoke on it, seeking guidance from the Speaker. Amongst those who spoke was the Member for Kisumu Town West, Hon. John Olago Aluoch, MP; the Member for Kiminini and Minority Party Deputy Whip, the Hon. Chris Wamalwa, MP; the Member for Kikuyu, the Hon. Kimani Ichung‘wah, MP; the Member for Ainabkoi, the Hon. Samuel Chepkong‘a, MP; the Member for Awendo, Hon. Opiyo, MP; the Member for South Mugirango, Hon. Manson Nyamweya, MP; the Member for Nambale, Hon. John Sakwa Bunyasi, MP; the Member for Mbita, Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona, MP; the Member for Kiambu, Hon. Jude Njomo, MP; and the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale, MP, amongst others. Hon. Members, having carefully examined the Chairperson‘s submission and the additional matters raised by other Members, I have isolated the following six issues as requiring my guidance: 1. Whether the High Court has power to impede the National Assembly from considering a petition submitted under Article 251 of the Constitution for the removal of a member of a constitutional office or holder of an independent office; 2. Whether the High Court has powers to suspend the Standing Orders of the National Assembly or set aside the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly made on 16th February 2017, committing the Petition to the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and requiring the Committee to consider the Petition within specified timelines; 3. Whether the High Court has powers to stop Parliament from exercising the freedom of speech and debate in Parliament provided for in Article 117 of the Constitution; 4. Whether the High Court has powers to impede the National Assembly and its Committees from exercising oversight over State organs as provided for under Article 95 (5) of the Constitution; 5. Whether the present orders issued by the High Court were lawfully made and issued in good faith as contemplated in Article 160 (5) of the Constitution."
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