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    "id": 1097654,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097654/?format=api",
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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": "the Constitution on how to operate, then we cannot operate as though we work in a vacuum. Assuming the basic structure principle was correct - and that the Constitution has a structure that we must adhere to - then in international law, it is already stated. Our Constitution in Article 2(5) already provides that every principle of international law is acceptable. One of those principles is called the jus cogens principle. It provides that no country shall legislate a law that goes against certain standards. Those standards include self-determination and protection from torture. What the court is saying does not include this. We do not even need the Judiciary to go that direction, because jus cogens principles raise what we call erga omnes obligations, which are obligations that will emanate from every country against Kenya if we were to make those decisions. This is a very dangerous path, especially for minorities. Hon. Speaker, as you make your decision – and I know that we still have the next step at the Supreme Court and your decision should take that into account - I want to tell women of this country that this has sounded the death knell on the two-thirds gender principle. It is a basic structure principle, because it is about how the Parliament of Kenya is structured. So, as the women of Kenya, let us get used to 47 positions until death do us part. Thank you."
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