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    "id": 1017029,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "Justice, he has never gone on leave. They were saying that cumulatively, he has four months to go for leave. So, the four months should have begun in August. I do not know whether this advisory now is valid. This is because if you were supposed to be on leave and you are issuing an advisory at this point in time when your time has expired, how can somebody take your advice seriously? For example, when Parliament goes for the long recess for the elections in May and then you issue your communication in July, who will take your communication seriously and we are on the ground campaigning? Hon. Speaker, so these are both constitutional and legal matters. I want to indulge Members here that this country cannot be put under constitutional or judicial activism. There are many laws we have passed here that the High Court has suspended. One time we passed the Cyber Crimes Act. It went to the President for assent. It was assented to and then the courts stopped it. Two days later, the Chief Justice was complaining that bloggers are attacking him on social media. As a House, we cannot be under siege. I have seen people outside saying: “Parliament must go home.” Go home where? We are going nowhere for sure. Our term ends on 9th August 2022, the second Tuesday of August. The Constitution says elections happen the second Tuesday of the 5th year. Which election is this that Maraga is asking for now? In which constitution is it found? The Constitution is very clear that elections happen in this country on the second Tuesday of the 5th year of the parliamentary term. Which election is this? I want to ask is one question. Even if we are to go to elections within 60 days, how are we going to achieve the gender parity? This is because Kenyans will still elect more men than women. It is for a fact. These are issues that we should have discussed in a constitution amendment and processes like the BBI – the reggae. How are we going to solve this constitutional crisis by just having an advisory to the President? The President has no power to dissolve this House. We are not a creation of the President in the first place. With those few remarks, I urge this House to stay calm. We are going nowhere. That is an advice to the President. The President is not a member of this House. We are run under the Parliamentary Service Commission under the chairmanship of the Speaker. If you dissolve this Parliament, I will go home, but anybody else outside there is just dreaming in this country. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, but I urge you to indulge some few Members. There are some eminent lawyers here like Hon. Kaluma. Mine was not legal. Mine was jua kali . So, now you can look for the lawyers here."
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