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    "id": 1017031,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a matter which I have agonised and I have summoned both the collective memory of the Committee of Experts, the interpretations that would abide by this and the Chief Justice’s advisory to the President. From the outset, it is true that Article 262 is clear. It is true and we have considered this before that it was possible that the Chief Justice could advise the President to dissolve Parliament. Now it is no longer a possibility. It is a fact that has happened, but the goodness with that is that the Chief Justice is now functus officio on that issue. Having been functus officio, we can now express ourselves in terms of our view on how the President should handle that issue of the advice. The intention of Article 262 was well meaning. It was supposed to encourage Parliament to be able to facilitate those pieces of legislation that would encourage the achievement of the two- thirds gender principle. It was not contemplated, certainly not by us, that we could have a situation where the effect of that is to disrupt the entire nation. In other words, I am unable to agree with an The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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