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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was going to protest in the loudest of all the loud noises I could have made. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I was saying before my time elapsed in the morning, yesterday, the Hon. Speaker presented a Message from the President. He said that, pursuant to Standing Order 42 (2), the President can send a message to the National Assembly. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I suppose that arises from the constitutional mandate of the President to address Parliament. As we talked in the morning, as much as there might be merits in the text of the memorandum, there is a problem with the process. In the reading of Standing Order 42 (2), the intention is a message conveying either appointments or matters of mutual interest. In simple or layman’s understanding of the word “memorandum”, it is more or less like an instruction to a particular body by a superior body to act in a certain manner. For that, we find a lot of difficult to have even considered tabling the same memorandum in this House for debate. Many Members of Parliament, and many commentators, have had difficulties with Article 115 of the Constitution of Kenya that allows the President to refer an Act of Parliament or Bill back to Parliament for purposes of attending to some kind of reservations. By that very nature, we have argued that the President abrogates himself the powers to make laws yet the Constitution of Kenya is explicitly clear that the law-making process rests in the National Assembly with the participation of the Senate. That is by virtue of Article 94. We take great The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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