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    "id": 1121430,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121430/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "There was my friend, who was the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya, Mr. Kamau Kuria. He was one of the people who fought for this new Constitution. Mr. Kamau Kuria’s name should be in the top 10. A Judge took a file relating to a matter that Mr. Kamau Kuria had filed in court. I think it was in relation to the Bill of Rights. Since the Judge knew that the Executive wanted that matter to be decided in a certain direction and he could not deal with it the way he should, he decided to hide the file. Eventually, when the file was released, he said that the Bill of Rights could not apply because rules under the Bill of Rights have not been made and, therefore, there was no basis to approach the court under the Bill of Rights. That is not the kind of society we want to build and Kenya should be at the top in this region in advancing the rule of law and constitutionalism. I would join my Chairman in pleading to the President, the people involved and the Attorney-General that this is an embarassing matter. The fact that we are going before the same courts and Judges to try and plead on a matter, which in the truest sense of the word, there is no legal basis for challenging that decision, makes ridicule of what we are trying to do and what we fought for to have this Constitution. Everywhere you go people talk about this Constitution as one of the most important documents to come out of this part of the world. We do not want a document that is respectable because of what it says, but one that can change our lives. It is a transformative legal document. It is creating a new society, a new man in Kenya. That is why at the time this Constitution was being proclaimed by President Mwai Kibaki at Uhuru Park, we were talking about a second Republic. This is because we had a new constitutional of order after the old Constitution was retired. Without going beyond what I have said, I think I have made my point. Madam Temporary Speaker, I second and support."
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