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    "id": 716699,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, let me now rise properly and in line with procedure. Right from the time that I received this amendment, I have agonized. Why the drafters of this amendment, after it had been carefully crafted by the original select Committee, why they introduced this word “notwithstanding”; thinking that by using that word they are complementing the original law. That is why they went ahead to use the word, a complementary mechanism for identification. This amendment is not complementing the original law. It is negating the original law. It is overthrowing the original law. In English, in meaning and as a concept, notwithstanding the fact that I am standing here today, I am not here. Notwithstanding that the Bishop of Canterbury is the Bishop, is a heathen. Mr. Chairman, Sir, you see what I mean in English. So, even in drafting law, you must use a language that is meaningful in the ordinary use of language. You cannot invent a word and use it to negate a law and insist that you are not. It does not work that way. So, this amendment to the law has caused so much mischief. That is one of the reasons why people have been finding it very difficult to believe what we are being told. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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