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    "id": 1017035,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Kilonzo brought it to this House, it was also rejected. As the former Leader of the Majority Party, I tried twice in the 11th Parliament. Parliaments world over, any jurisdiction at the end of every question, the Question would be put to Members, it will be either the “Nays” or the “Ayes” to have it. I look at the House of Congress, our counterparts in the presidential system. If you look at the House of the Representatives, the Congress in the US today they are at 23.7 per cent in gender representation. Before that, they were stuck at 19.1 per cent in terms of gender representation. Based on Article 1(3) of the Constitution, I was elected by the people of Garissa Township and a Chief Justice or a President by strike of a pen cannot declare my seat vacant. It is as clear as that. It is not the Chief Justice who voted for me. Those who were in the 10th Parliament, this matter… I wish the Hon. Sophia was in that parliamentary committee. If you look at Article 1(3) of the Constitution, it delegates the sovereign power of the people to among others, Parliament. Further if you read Article 94 (2) of the Constitution, clearly again, it indicates, that Parliament represents the will of the people. We represent the will of the people. The Chief Justice cannot become a Chief Justice without a due diligent process of this House. If you look at Article 94(1) it also confers the legislative authority on Parliament and that authority is derived from the people, the people who woke up at 5.00 a.m., to vote for all of us. My advice to Members of this House is, a time will come when we must have a unity of purpose. Even if you do not talk to your women representative or your colleague, a time will come. The Judiciary has a unity of purpose. The Executive has a unity of purpose, but the Legislature over a period of time, does not have unity of purpose. This is the time, in fact, Hon. Otiende Amollo, why should we bother with extension of 15/20 years, we will delete section 2…"
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