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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "careful. That was the import of the amendment proposed by Hon. Kaluma in the last Parliament. We need to have uniformity, so that once interpretation has been rendered, it binds everybody; it is with finality. Now you get one judge saying one thing and another one saying another thing. There is total confusion on interpretation of the same provisions of the Constitution. I am saying this because I am aware many of you were congregating somewhere over the weekend. The powers of the High Court as provided for in Article 165 of the Constitution is a matter that you need to address. Even the power to interfere with the processes of this House. If a Committee of a House of Parliament, for instance, is seized of a matter, how is it that somebody else would rush to court and ask the court to stop the process? Those are matters that we need to think about. The courts should allow the matter to end. If somebody is aggrieved by the decision of the House, then you can seek remedy at the Judiciary. The Constitution says any person can petition Parliament. But you find a situation where a person brings a petition then somebody else goes to court to stop its consideration. That is confusion. We need to clear it once and for all. It is important that we have clarity. If we could get some place where once a decision is made at that higher level it is final, it would be better. In any event, for a Bill to become an Act of Parliament, a lot of effort has gone into it; a lot of research work has gone into it, both from the Executive and by Members of Parliament. Surely, you expect that just one fellow comes and starts saying this and that should be law? That is not respecting the comity of the arms of Government. We should think about where to place that power. Member for Murang’a, I hope not on this matter."
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