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    "id": 1212732,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that your children are watching. I will be saying a few things, and I hope that I can inspire them to be future senators of Nairobi. First, I am happy that we have come to this juncture. I was imploring you last week to get this matter out of your office, so that we can pursue the dispute between us and one of our Members in the proper forum. I agree with Sen. Dullo on the action that she has taken. The proper forum for resolution of disputes between political parties and their members, or political parties and political parties within a coalition, is the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT). The Minority Side has been vindicated because we were telling the House last week that the Speaker has no role whatsoever in the disputes in the Minority Party. The Standing Orders require the Speaker to make a communication to the House upon receipt of this decision that has been made by the Minority Party, so that everyone is aware. Secondly, jurisdiction is everything in law. Every single court and tribunal in this Republic has to derive jurisdiction from a specific provision; either of the Constitution or of an Act of Parliament. If the law does not give you jurisdiction, you cannot assume that jurisdiction by yourself. The jurisdiction of the PPDT under Section 40 of the Political Parties Act is limited to the matters that I have alluded to; disputes among members of a party and a party, or a political party against another political party. That jurisdiction does not extend to a jurisdiction over disputes in this House. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction over the Senate. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you want to know that the people who went to the Tribunal in this particular matter are aware of that fact, the Speaker of the House is not a respondent in that matter. They are named as an interested party. Thirdly, because of my nature as a fortuitous person, I have obtained a copy of that court order. A plain reading of the order has limited the matters before that Tribunal to the question of the seat of the Whip of the Minority Side. The question of the seat of the Deputy Whip is not a matter before the Tribunal and is not covered by that court order that you referred to. The question should be if whether we can debate the legality of the order and whether the Tribunal can injunct Parliament. The court order has expressed itself to a specific matter. What difficulty did your office have in communicating matters not affected by that court order? The Minority Side knowing how the court system works and how long justice takes in this country, are being told to wait until these matters are resolved at whatever stage. We know the decision will come from the PPDT and maybe Sen. Dullo might go to the High Court or the Court of Appeal as is her right; and these matters take time. We"
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