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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "in Article 260 as state officers. Hon. John Mbadi rightly said that if you look at the provisions of Article 95(5)(a) and (b), the oversight authority of state officers, starting with the President, Deputy President and all other state officers and other public officers, is the exclusive domain of the National Assembly. It is very clear about that. If you go to paragraph (b) of Article 95 (5), the oversight of state organs is reposed in the National Assembly. Sometimes, Hon. John Mbadi - and we have said this many times - but we cannot gag anybody from entertaining themselves, if they desire to do so, using the authority granted by Article 125 which says that Parliament or any of its committees can summon any person. So, that has been used generally to mean that you can call people to come and entertain yourselves in committees. I suspect, that is what could be happening because if you have no oversight role over a state organ, Hon. T. J. Kajwang’, or a state officer, of what business is it telling them that they will see you? See you where? If you go and write a report, who is going to implement it? Say if somebody goes to court and argues that a report recommends some things against a particular state officer is made by a body outside the law acting ultra vires obviously, that is something that is likely to find favour with the courts. Sometimes, you do not understand but in keeping with the spirit of something that has been popular since March 9th, that is what could be happening. Therefore, everybody is at liberty to feel free to entertain themselves. But I do not know whether that is the same issue which Hon. Junet wanted to address."
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