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    "id": 1137660,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1137660/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13473,
        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
        "slug": "dido-ali-raso"
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    "content": "(a) deleting subsection (3); (b) deleting subsection (5A); (c) deleting subsection (6); and (d) by deleting subsection (7) Section 14(3) of the Political Parties Act, 2011 was declared unconstitutional by the High Court through Petition No.288 of 2014 for being contrary to Article 85 of the Constitution on the right of independent candidates to vie. When we are crafting laws in this country, I think we must observe the word and spirit of the Constitution. Any attempt to go against the spirit of the Constitution in a way by attempting to craft Bills or laws for a particular purpose, will go against the grain in this country. This is the supreme body that makes laws for every Kenyan, party, and institution. For this reason, I beg that we delete subsections (3), (5A), (6) and (7). To this end, we intend to have this particular law aligned with the court decision. The House does not exist in perpetuity. It must act within the ambit of the law of the land. The amendment also seeks to retain Section 5, which in the principal Act clearly states the parameters put down to indicate or show how a member will exit a party or be removed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with those remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. Aden Duale to second."
}