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    "id": 1017231,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017231/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " Thank you. I am not going to take long because Members must speak before they rise. Hon. Speaker, this is a matter which we should not be testing our testosterone levels between the Judiciary and the Legislature. I wish that the people who are managing various departments of governance would have seen that the interest of we, the Kenyan people, is sovereign. Every decision you make must consider what we, the people are saying. I do not want to say so much about the Chief Justice because so many people have said things about him. He is a man I have a lot of respect for but I must say that he disappointed me on this. Where he is, he knows that he has disappointed me. This is because, when you are a man who has escaped unscathed and when you are just about to leave the scene and enjoy the good name that you have enjoyed as a result of wise decision, then you decide that with the one bullet you are left with, you fire and then run, it is like a king abdicating his seat. I can see what is interesting on paragraph 21 of Hon. Chief Justice’s advisory. He says things which I do not know how one would ever say. He says that when he looks at the Articles of the Constitution, allow me to read it- “A purposive reading of Article 261 of the Constitution leaves no doubt that the Chief Justice’s role under Clause 7 therefore is simply to ascertain if Parliament has satisfied…” He goes on and on. I sympathise with him. You cannot be simplistic and even if you are, do not say it. This is not just a constitutional crisis; this is a judicial coup in the country. This group of people are those who are between the wananchi and the Government. If we were to have war today, what would happen if this Chamber is not there? If there was an emergency, what would happen if this Chamber is not here? Where is the interaction between the Executive and the people if it is not the Legislature? So, you make the decision and you will regret if the fulcrum between"
}