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    "id": 1017201,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017201/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rozaah Buyu",
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        "legal_name": "Rozaah Akinyi Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. Right from the outset I would like to say I support Justice Maraga’s action. Long before I came to this Parliament, as the Chair of the Thuluthi Mbili za Akina Mama I interacted with you on several occasions regarding this issue. I would like to say it out clearly that you listened to us, engaged and helped us work through lobbying so that we would ensure we do not get to where we are currently. As I stand up to speak, I am not speaking as a woman, I am speaking as a member of the Kenyan society who would wish to see the rule of law govern Kenya. I speak as a politician who after 12 years of struggle, was eventually elected to this House. The day I was sworn in Parliament, I swore that I would protect and uphold the Constitution. That is what I am doing now. This is not about women, this is about the Constitution. It does not mean that if Members of Parliament fail in carrying out their mandate, the Chief Justice must also fail. In Article 261, the Chief Justice has the mandate to advise the President on what to do to dissolve Parliament if an issue such as this, has not taken effect. So, the Chief Justice is right. This debate is not about the character of the Chief Justice or whether the Chief Justice is trying to give the last kicks of dying horse because he is supposed to go home. It is about Kenya. Are we ready to allow the Constitution of Kenya to actually be regarded as the supreme law of the land, or when it comes to some issues, are we ready to throw the Constitution away? That is what we are discussing. It is getting a little hot so I will remove my spectacles."
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