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    "id": 1216598,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for this opportunity to move the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order No.37, the Senate do now adjourn to discuss a definite matter of urgent national importance, namely, the decision of the Supreme Court of Kenya in the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Coordination Board versus Eric Gitari and five others in Petition No.16 of 2019, which declared discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community (LGBTQ) unconstitutional and affirmed the rise of the community to form an association. Madam Temporary Speaker, on Friday, 24th February, 2023, the apex court in the land, the Supreme Court of Kenya, in a majority ruling of three against two, shocked the moral foundation of this country. The court ruled and I quote: “despite gayism being illegal in Kenya, they have a right of association.” Madam Temporary Speaker, since the day of that pronouncement, the country has been thrown into a state of restlessness. The country is no longer at ease. We are not at peace. Parents are crying out loud demanding that the Court be stopped from defiling the moral fibre of our society. Cap. 1(1) of our Constitution in simple plain English declares that all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya. Therefore, the three arms of Government; the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislature only exercise delegated sovereignty. The Kenyan people are the real sovereigns. Madam Temporary Speaker, if any arm of Government goes rogue, the sovereigns have both the moral and legal responsibility to beat that arm of Government back on track. The sovereigns in their millions have spoken. I speak today both as a member of the sovereign community and as a leader upon whom sovereign power has been delegated to say a big “No” to the registration or official recognition of LGBTQ in Kenya in any form or shape. Article 45(1) (2) and (3) places the family at the core of society and social order. It talks about the right of adults to marry a person of the opposite sex. It also speaks about equal rights to couples. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to make full disclosure on the Floor of this house, that, yes, I speak as the Senator elected to represent the interests of the great people Kitui in this Senate, but I also speak as a Christian, a practicing, born-again Christian. The book of Romans 1:16 states-"
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