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    "id": 1017149,
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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "I know you have done a lot. That is relative. Be that as it may, as Parliament, we have gone through this before. The Committee on implementation of the Constitution has gone through all the laws that we were supposed to pass. The only law that is outstanding is the law to actualise Article 100, which this House passed in March. So, as far as I am concerned, there was nothing that was anticipated in Article 261(7) that this House has not done. However, that is something the Chief Justice obviously ignored. He quoted a law we had passed and said that we had not informed him that we had passed it although we know that we passed it. So that I do not talk forever, the most important thing is what we need to look at going forward. On the issue of two-thirds gender rule, we have legislated on Article 100. People will see if it is a good legislation or not when the Bill comes from the Senate. In terms of the constitutional changes, I believe there is a framework that is already at works through the BBI. Perhaps we need to revisit it by pulling together. We should not just think of BBI as a political thing, but as a vehicle of changing the laws of this country to actualise the desires of the people. As a House, we know we are under threat. I started by congratulating you, Hon. Speaker, for what you did. However, even as you go to court, this matter is in the hands of his Excellency President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. I know we are pushing our efforts on the Chief Justice, but we are forgetting that the only person who can ensure sanity in this country for the next two years is the President. I would like, as a House, we join hands in appealing to the President to consider - as he has always done - the bigger public interest as he reads that advisory and makes that decision. I am sure it was sent to him via twitter or email. As he considers that decision, he should apply his conscience to the bigger public interest and the special circumstances that the country is in, and avoid giving in to activism. We know he respected the decision of the Chief Justice in 2017 on the annulment of the presidential elections and agreed to a repeat of the election to demonstrate respect for the rule of law. However, in this case, we are not sure of the rule of law that is being applied. So, we appeal to him to ignore the activism. Hon. Speaker, we appeal to him to ignore the activism that has been shown and act in that bigger interest and save this country from chaos. There is no way a solution to a problem can be worse than the problem. Like the Biblical Solomon, it is time for the President to decide, whether to kill or to save the baby. That is the situation we are in. As a House, if we are all committed towards that, then we will be safe as a House so that we can save this nation and move together. Thank you."
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