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Describe five functions of the speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya

      

Describe five functions of the speaker of the National Assembly in Kenya.

  

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Raphael
Below are the functions of the speaker to the National Assembly in Kenya.

1. Presiding over all debates in parliament

2. Swearing in of MPs

3. Determines the business to be conducted in parliament

4. Guides the debates and controls the order in which debates take place

5. Ensuring that members respect each other and adhere to the rule of parliamentary debate

6. Keeping watch over the attendance of parliamentary proceedings

7. Receives visiting MPs from other countries to the National Assembly

8. Forwarding discussed bills to the President for assent

9. Has the powers to declare a seat vacant

10. Allows/disallows closure of motions

11. Acts as the spokesperson of the National Assembly

12. Can suspend a member who violates parliamentary rules.
raphael answered the question on January 25, 2017 at 14:21


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