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    "id": 1097651,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to thank Hon. Duale for raising this issue. Let me start by saying that I very respectfully and honourably disagree with the courts, especially on the issue of the basic structure. I want to say that just the way the country has given us this opportunity to legislate as MPs, we have also given honourable men and women the opportunity to serve us in the Judiciary. When they sit in that position, they sit as a few honourable men who will give their views which may differ from our views. I speak with authority and also as a lawyer. As a lawyer, I can say I disagree with them respectfully. That does not mean I disrespect the Judiciary. I listened to Hon. Mbadi on my way here and I want to agree with him that any arm of the Government can actually be autocratic. We must always guard and ensure that none of the arms goes way above the powers they have been given in the Constitution. You should not go against your powers. The President cannot go beyond his powers, neither can the Judiciary. When the Judiciary goes beyond its powers, there are people who want us to walk stealthily around them, as if they are sacrosanct or they are God. The only person I do not challenge is God. When I disagree with the Judiciary, I speak clearly about them, because they are not God. Even when I disagreed with the President, I said it clearly, because he is not God. If I disagree with you, Hon. Speaker, I will be clear, because you are not God. The only person I may disagree with but I will not say is God. Yes, I may disagree with God, but I may not say because he is God. I want to say the reason I do not agree with the basic structure concept. I was a litigator on the issue of public interest law and public impact litigation, what you generally call the"
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