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    "id": 1223518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1223518/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "I will repeat that last paragraph so that we maintain the flow. Hon. Senators, you will recall that on 21st February, 2023, it was indicated from this Chair, that while we were ready to deliver the ruling on the correspondence from the Senate Minority Leader on the changes made in the Minority leadership, the ruling could not be delivered and had to be stayed because of the injunctive orders of the Tribunal and that the ruling from this Chair would issue as soon as the matter at the Tribunal was concluded or the orders are vacated. On this particular issue, I remember quite a number of points of order were raised on whether this Senate or the Speaker should be injuncted through an order that emanated from the Tribunal. For the record, Article 159(1) of our Constitution is very clear. It provides that- “Judicial authority is derived from the people and vests in, and shall be exercised by the courts and tribunals established by or under this Constitution” So, when our tribunals sits they are exercising judicial authority derived from the people. The question, therefore is, if such a tribunal sits and issues an order, do we ignore it yet they drive their authority directly from the people of Kenya? The answer is that we have to abide by that. This is because by ignoring those orders, as a Chair, I will be disobeying the judicial authority of the people of Kenya. Hon. Senators, the matter now having been determined in the manner that I have recited above, I will proceed to deliver my ruling on the changes made on the Minority side. Hon. Senators"
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