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    "id": 1028865,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1028865/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13178,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "The court nullified the 23 Bills that were passed by the National Assembly without the input of the Senate. There is a kind of competition between the National Assembly and the Senate. Many of the Bills from the Senate have died in the National Assembly. There is need for the leadership to sit and reason together, so that we can work together to grow our nation and not to finish each other. We should not do anything that will harm or reduce our responsibilities. By doing what we did, we have supported our Constitution which is under threat. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 has given many of us the opportunity to be here and helped Kenyans to see that we are making progress. Our move has protected our Constitution so we should continue doing that. I have gone through the ruling and picked three important things. First, that the 23 Bills were nullified, the second one is that the petition was dismissed without conditions, third, the National Assembly has been given nine months to regularize the laws that have been passed. I am encouraged to hear that all these things should be regularized in nine months. I congratulate all the Senators who walked all the way from the precincts of Parliament to Milimani Court. Some of us really struggled to walk all the way to Milimani, but we made history. I am proud of the outcome of our efforts. We should thank all the people who participated in the cause and represented us in court. I thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker."
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