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    "id": 1028775,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I would like to begin by congratulating my colleagues; the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. James Aggrey Orengo, my fellow Senior Counsel, Sen. Omogeni, son of his father and my junior, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., for successfully pursuing this case before the court. I am quite sure that it is the formidable arguments from them and the submissions that were made that compelled the court to make this sterling judgement. I would also like to congratulate the petitioners, including you, Mr. Speaker, for the courage you had in taking this matter to court. In the last Parliament, the Senate took a similar Petition to the court. We presented our argument in court and got a very good judgement. It was the first judgement, advisory opinion, that emanated from the Supreme Court, which had been set up and constituted under the new Constitution. If the ruling that was made in the last Parliament had been followed, it would have been unnecessary for us to pursue this case in court again. Sadly, the letter and spirit of that ruling was never followed, in spite the good faith of the Senate who assumed that the Speaker of the National Assembly would automatically do what he must do. The Speaker of the National Assembly did not do what he was supposed to do and instead continued with impunity. We have to take that matter into account when we consider the way forward. If the letter and spirit of the ruling of the last Parliament was not followed up to now and if the good faith on the part of the Senate was not honoured at all, the way forward must, therefore, include changes in our laws and Standing Orders. That is why I am in complete agreement with what Sen. Wetangula has stated. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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