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    "id": 1097583,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Parliament. So, when you want to add the number of women Members of Parliament (MPs) from 47 to 130 plus, it touches on the function of Parliament. The basic structure doctrine, within the reading of the courts, touches on the Bill of Rights, the Judiciary and the Executive. Those four key areas have been cited as the anchors of the basic structure doctrine. Let us consider this so that we do not take this House into a limbo and do a lot of stuff that will not see the light of day. We spent resources, time and energy on this animal called the BBI. Today we are back to square zero. We do not want the same shenanigans and issues to be taken through this House. Hon. Speaker, you gave risen to the occasion a number of times. We will ask you to guide this House and even ask the Leader of the Majority Party. Before we do anything else, I think the first on the table is to dispose of and ask even the Senate to dispose of, very fast, the Bill that was supposed to set the process and the legal framework of a referendum, on these signatures. I beg to submit and request your considered Ruling. I am sure you have enough time between now and 21st when we come back. We really want you to make a Ruling. Just like with Judge Odunga and his team, just like Judge Musila and his team, Kenya must remember you. Kenya must remember you. You are coming at the tail end of the 12th Parliament. I am sure the judgment of those judges, the five and the seven, will be celebrated both in prominent law schools in Kenya and globally. Their judgment will be used by many postgraduate law students, as an authority on constitutionalism. Speaker Muturi has been known for his Rulings. I want you to join the ranks and file of those 12 judges. You come from the Judiciary. Join your colleagues in protecting this House from those who want to bring amendments."
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