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    "id": 919234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "THAT, Clause 23 be amended by— (a) deleting sub-clause (5) and substituting therefor the following new sub- clause— “(5) The Commission shall, in establishing the offices set out under section (1), have regard to strengthening— (a) the leadership offices in the National Assembly established under Article 108(1) of the Constitution; and (b) other leadership offices that may be established in the Houses of Parliament. (b) inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (5)— “(6) The facilitation and strengthening of offices pursuant to subsection (5) shall take into account the order of precedence set out in Article 108(4) of the Constitution.” This is just to make sure that it conforms to Article 108(1) of the Constitution. That, Commission shall establish offices set out under Section (1), having regard to the strengthening of the leadership offices. Under a presidential system of democracy, the offices of the leadership, both the Whips and the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party are important. It is for posterity; even for those who will come. Again, we have pegged it on Article 108(1) of the Constitution and any other leadership offices that may be established in the Houses of Parliament. That includes chairs and vice-chairs. So, the Commission can have powers to facilitate them. Secondly, the facilitation and the strengthening of the offices pursuant to Section 5 shall take into account the respective roles of the Houses. What do we mean by “respective roles of the Houses”? It is that we have a House of 349 Members vis-a-vis one of 67 Members. So, they cannot be the same. There must be respective roles of the Houses as set out under Articles 95 and 96 of the Constitution. More so, the precedence set out in Article 108(4) of the Constitution should be followed. You cannot give more facilities to the Speaker of the Senate against the Speaker of the National Assembly. The order is in the Constitution: The Speaker of the National Assembly is higher. He is No.3. The other Speaker, namely, that of the Senate, participates. So, this is what we said this morning. That, whatever facilitation the PSC will do, it must be based on the roles of the Houses. It must also be based on the numbers. It must be based on the precedence in the Constitution, so that everybody gets any facilitation according to the Constitution. I beg to move."
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