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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What the Leader of the Majority Party has said is reassuring. But what Hon. Wangari has raised is also fundamental and I think the House needs to address it with seriousness. This morning, I had the privilege of sitting in the House Rules and Procedure Committee under the Chair of the Deputy Speaker. One of the very serious issues that we were handling is how to look at the rules and the Standing Orders in a way that can be fair to both the Executive and the Legislature. Before we finalize the process and work very fast on this, I am surprised that we are talking in this House as if we do not know what the Constitution or the Standing Orders say. We have the powers to deal with the rogue Cabinet Secretaries. We do not have to change the law as it is now. If you look at the Constitution and the Standing Orders properly, you can initiate impeachment proceedings before this House and deal with it if you want. What I see is that some chairpersons of committees are in bed with the Cabinet Secretaries. I am sorry to use those words. The chairs of committees are defensive of CSs who are rogue. That should not be the case. This morning, I was appearing before the Departmental Committee on Lands, chaired by Hon. Nyamai, and the CS for Lands, Hon. Karoney, was not able to attend because she was busy elsewhere on an issue that we were able to understand. She sent a CAS who was fully briefed and I was satisfied. I did not complain. So as Members of this House, let us not talk as if the law is made in vain. You take charge of the law as it is and deal with the rogue CSs. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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