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    "id": 1217900,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I wish to side with the minority in the Supreme Court in the sense that homosexuality and gayism are not African concepts at all. The Supreme Court in the discharge of its functions speaks for the people of Kenya. It derives its authority from the people of Kenya. None of those concepts are African traditions. As a House of representatives, we must condemn in the strongest terms the judgement of the Supreme Court. Why do I say that? When the Constitution of Kenya was being made, the Supreme Court was created as the apex court that should ooze judicial wisdom. However, of late, we are witnessing many judgments from the Supreme Court that really leave Kenyans wondering whether that court really is in sync with the people of Kenya or not. Article 45 of the Constitution of Kenya recognises the family as the basic unit of social protection and social order in our society. It goes forth to say that a person has a right to form a family with a member of the opposite gender or the opposite sex. By the Supreme Court recognising or stating that gays, lesbians are free to form up associations, it was in fact going against the very provisions of the Constitution with which it is supposed to enforce. No right is absolute. All rights are limited, and when you look at the provisions of Article 27 of the Constitution of Kenya..."
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