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    "id": 1237173,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know you are consulting with my sister, but I plead for your attention because I am seeking and begging for one thing that you can take forward as House leadership. By virtue of Articles 2(5) and 2(6), once these conventions pass this Floor, they become part of the laws of Kenya and we can make direct reference to them as laws of Kenya and yet, we are dealing with them as one law. We are dealing with three conventions on different aspects of child protection, but we are bringing all of them at once. If I were to compare them to other laws, it is almost like an omnibus, but on substantive issues. I request that, in future, committees present one treaty at a time. The reason includes the issues that Hon. Oundo has raised. The conventions are on very diverse issues. If I wanted to raise issues in relation to each and every treaty, I may not have time. Once we pass a treaty, it becomes part of the laws of Kenya. Contrary to what my good friend Hon. Oundo has said, under the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, when a committee considers a treaty, it can indicate its reservation on an article it does not agree with. For example, there is an article in one of the treaties that goes against the provisions of the Constitution of Kenya. If we pass it, we will have given it a stature over a constitutional provision. It creates a problematic issue."
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