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    "content": "“To give the guidance sought by the Member for Eldoret North, I hereby order and rule that the Leader of the Official Opposition party remains the Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, the Official Opposition Chief Whip remains the Hon. Justin Muturi and the Shadow Cabinet remains as submitted by the Leader of the Official Opposition, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, vide his letter dated 11 June, 2003, as he had not received any notification that the KANU parliamentary caucus has met and made any changes in their leadership.” In light of the foregoing, I am constrained to make the following observations: Firstly, the communications I have received from the Minority coalition relating to the filling of its leadership positions have all fallen short of fulfilling the requirements of Standing Order 20(4) in terms of who should communicate and how the communication ought to be done. Secondly, the perceived appointment of Hon. John Mbadi as the Minority Leader is premised on the letter dated 21 September 2017 from the Chief Executive Officer of the NASA Secretariat. It stills falls short of the requirement. Thirdly, as the Speaker of the House, I am bound to apply the rules of this House without fear or favour, especially in cases where the Standing Orders have expressly provided for the matter in question. Standing Order 1 only gives me discretion to decide on procedural questions not expressly provided for by the Standing Orders. In the instant case, Standing Order 20 has expressly provided for the matter in question and my duty as your Speaker is to uphold the rules of the House. In view of the foregoing, I am unable to act on the correspondences from parties forming the NASA Coalition and I call upon the Coalition to consider the matter and submit the necessary names in strict fulfillment of the laid down procedures, including those governing the Coalition. This ought to be concluded by the time the House resumes from the short recess, that is, November 7, 2017. For the time being, I remain open to receiving communication in the manner stated above. For now, every Member in the NASA coalition is on his or her own. I thank you, Hon. Members."
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