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    "content": "Hon. Members, just as we continued with Business this afternoon, I have received communication from the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the effect that this afternoon at 3.15 p.m. after due consultations and concurrence with His Excellency the President, he has opted to step aside from his appointment to the Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to give way to investigations into allegations of wrongdoing by the Ministry. This position was further alluded to by the Prime Minister earlier this afternoon when he stood on a point of order to indicate that after consultations took place between the Minister, His Excellency the President and the Right Honorable Prime Minister, the Minister opted to step aside to allow investigations to proceed. Hon. Members, I also have received confirmation this afternoon from the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of Public Service, Amb. Francis Muthaura, in a letter dated 27th October, 2010, ascertaining that the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stepped aside while investigations on the issues raised in the parliamentary Committee’s Report are carried out. Hon. Members, arising from these developments, I want to advise that consideration of the Report by the Committee, as captured under Order No.8, will proceed but that hon. Members should be awake to the fact that it may negate the rule of natural justice and may be prejudicial to both the Minister and the officer for debate to continue in a manner that will touch on their personal conduct, more so, given that they have stepped aside to let investigations continue."
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