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    "content": "Hon. Members, as a matter of fact, the documents laid by the Member for Mathare Constituency relate to a matter in the High Court by one Wanjiru Gikonyo, the petitioner, as aforementioned, challenging the constitutional validity of Legal Notice No.18 of 2017. The legal notice created the Nairobi Area Authority by way of an Executive Order issued by His Excellency the President in exercise of his powers under Section 3 (1) of the State Corporations Act Cap 446 and made several appointments thereto. This Petition does not, in any way touch on the Bill before this House. Further, you will agree that the sub judice rule does not, in any circumstances, apply to the legislative authority of the House as provided for under Articles 94, 95 and 109 of the Constitution. Moreover, Erskine May, the celebrated authority in Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, on page 396 of the 24th Edition of his book speaking to this matter of sub judice, states: “The House has expressly resolved that the sub judice rule is qualified by the right of the House to legislate on any matter.”"
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