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    "id": 1017376,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017376/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "determination on whether Justice Mativo’s order made on 29th March, 2017, to the Eleventh Parliament refers to the Twelfth Parliament. Where is the rush coming from for the CJ to plunge us into a potential constitutional crisis? I say this for the record and for people to know. Just like my colleague Sen. Omanga said, we are ready for an election at any time. However, if you look at the rules, right now there is no framework for an election. Parliament has a sole legislative responsibility in this country. If Parliament is dissolved and the next election can only be held in 2022, what happens in the intervening period, who does budgets and who will play the role of representation, which is in Article 1 - provision of the supremacy of the Constitution as well as sovereignty of the people of Kenya? There is no other mechanism that is provided. Madam Deputy Speaker, it points to mischief and ‘Samsonite’ kind of politics. The Chief Justice (CJ) knows that he is leaving and decided, just like Samson in the Bible, to hold both pillars of the temple, where they were and go down with everybody."
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