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    "id": 1097606,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097606/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 85,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clement Kigano",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13358,
        "legal_name": "Clement Muturi Kigano",
        "slug": "clement-muturi-kigano"
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    "content": "Another learned Judge was the Chief Justice of Uganda in the 1960’s, Sir Udo Udoma, a Ghanaian. He was called upon to interpret and declare the then government, “the Government of Obote” and not “the Government of Uganda.” One Legal Counsel called Abu Mayanja went to court in the matter of Abu Mayanja against Uganda. He asked the court to declare the then government “the Government of Obote” and not the “Government of Uganda after he overthrew the Kabaka with the assistance of Iddi Amin. The then Chief Justice said that he agreed with Abu Mayanja that the Government of Uganda was not de-jure – that, it was not the legal Government of Uganda but, because it seemed to be in substantial control of the institutions of Government, that control made it the de facto Government of Uganda. That way, he saved the country. The Judiciary ought to look at Article 259. If I may refer to it, it states that the Constitution shall be interpreted in a manner that promotes its purposes for good governance, peace and unity. It underpins the word “purposes”."
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