Constitution of Kenya, 2010 (a) if the member dies; (b) if the member is absent from eight sittings of the assembly without permission, in writing, of the speaker of the assembly, and is unable to offer satisfactory explanation for the absence; (c) if the member is removed from office under this Constitution or legislation enacted under Article 80; (d) if the member resigns in writing addressed to the speaker of the assembly; (e) if, having been elected to the assembly— (i) as a member of a political party, the member resigns from the party, or is deemed to have resigned from the party as determined in accordance with the legislation contemplated in clause (2); or (ii) as an independent candidate, the member joins a political party; (f) at the end of the term of the assembly; or (g) if the member becomes disqualified for election on grounds specified in Article 193 (2). (2) Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the circumstances under which a member of a political party shall be deemed, for the purposes of clause (1) (e), to have resigned from the party. County assembly power to summon witnesses. 195. (1) A county assembly or any of its committees has power to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information. (2) For the purposes of clause (1), an assembly has the same powers as the High Court to— (a) enforce the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath, affirmation or otherwise; (b) compel the production of documents; and (c) issue a commission or request to examine witnesses abroad. 119