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    "id": 89975,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "The first matter is on the effective date; that the Motion which is now before the House seeks to have the House sit on a date that would be in contravention of the Constitution because then, Members would be sworn in on a date outside the date provided for by the new Constitution. The starting point is obviously to understand; that the new Constitution is not yet the law of Kenya. As we sit in this House this afternoon, the Republic of Kenya has a Constitution and our Standing Orders, as they are, emanate from the provisions of the Constitution. They have their anchoring in the Constitution and not the new Constitution, because the new Constitution is not law yet. As I understand it, therefore, the objection of the hon. Member for Chepalungu will be based on Standing Order No.47(3)(b). I want to revisit that. It provides as follows, and I think this was also ably canvassed by the Member for Imenti Central: If the Speaker is of the opinion that any Motion, among others, infringes the Constitution and so on, then the Speaker may direct either that the Motion is inadmissible or that notice of it cannot be given without such alteration as the Speaker may approve. Hon. Members, I applied my mind to this Motion and, indeed, it accords with the provisions of the Constitution that serves this country today and accords with the Standing Orders. So, hon. Members, the essence of the objection to the Procedural Motion is that it seeks to have the House convene on a date other than the effective date, which is 27th August, 2010, on which the new Constitution requires all Members of the"
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