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    "content": "In this respect, I now wish to give guidance on how we shall proceed. Hon. Members, it is important to note that this special sitting is a sitting of the House like any other except that it is convened in order to transact a special extra-ordinary business required by the new Constitution. As I, your Speaker, have already taken and subscribed to the oath of allegiance to the new Constitution, I will now proceed to administer the same to all hon. Members beginning with the hon. Deputy Speaker who is also the Member for Lagdera. The hon. Deputy Speaker will be followed by His Excellency the President and Member for Othaya, then the Rt. hon. Prime Minister and Member for Langata and thereafter, the Vice-President and Member for Mwingi North, in that order if they are present in the Chamber. Hon. Members, thereafter, I will administer oath to the rest of the Members. The Clerk of the National Assembly will read out the names in clusters of five in alphabetical order in which they appear on the list as tabled in this House on the 15th January 2008 when the Tenth Parliament first met and as updated thereafter. Once called out, hon. Members, you will proceed to take the oath for affirmation and then append your signature in the Oath Book to my left. It is expected that this process will not be interrupted by any Motion, debate or adjournment until I have administered the oath or affirmation of allegiance to the last Member. In this regard, those who may want to take tea as the ceremony proceeds may do so outside the chamber. Arrangements have been made for this. Hon. Members, I have received a number of requests from Members asking that they be allowed to leave the chamber at some point during this ceremony, either to break the fast in the case of our Muslim brothers and sisters or to attend to other swearing-in ceremonies in the case of a number of Cabinet Ministers. I, therefore, wish to state that Members who have such important callings to attend to, may after evaluating the tempo and estimated time that the ceremony may take, leave the chamber but return to be sworn in at the appropriate time. Hon. Members, for this purpose, I have directed that after we have gone through the list for the first time, we shall do a second and final round in order to accommodate these requests. The final matter relates to Members who will not take the oath today. I do recognize that the Constitution also recognizes the possibility that a Member may be prevented by illness or other extra-ordinary cause from being present at this ceremony today. Let me make it clear that I am satisfied that it is in keeping with the letter and spirit of the Constitution to administer the oath or affirmation at the earliest opportunity on any subsequent day to a Member who, because of illness or other extra-ordinary cause, is not able to be present in the House today. It must, however, be noted that no such Member will be eligible to participate in any business of this House or its committees until the Member has taken the oath. It should be noted that this includes the exercise of any functions or duties pertaining to the office of Member of Parliament. Thank you."
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