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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at this Bill, part of the proposed amendments are amendments to laws that do not exist. Surely, what are we doing passing a non-existent law? Article 95 of the Constitution says that Parliament shall carry out its function in accordance with the Constitution. I am very happy with Sen. Sang and I will forever call him a learned friend, but not so for your neighbour who is next to you because he needs to be candid. When Parliament is dealing with something which is clearly unconstitutional, we should say so but not let it pass. However, if it passes, even the courts are going to say: “Was Sen. Murkomen, Sen. Sang, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, Attorney-General Emeritus and the Speaker who is a legal student, there? I urge you that this Bill is only for rejection. In conclusion I want to talk to my sister Nyar Ugenya, Hon. Beth Mugo; we have gone through the trenches with you and you know how governments behave when they are in power. You can probably give people on the other side a little education that sometimes revolutions eat their own children. Governments eat their own people. This Government is going to punish you more than they will punish me. I am telling you that in another one year, you will be crying in my office to come and represent you. I know and I can tell you."
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