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    "id": 125127,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so I hear. I want to say this with a lot of humility. The fact that Section 51 says what the Committee has quoted, it cannot apply to the circumstances here, because, as I have said, under Section 123(6), Parliament can only act through an Act of Parliament. When you pass a resolution, what that section says--- I have a lot of respect for the principle of supremacy of Parliament. That supremacy is derived from the Constitution and it is driven by law, and not by what any person may think or do. Let me give you some facts. When President Kibaki was elected President in 2002, the first thing that he did, because an impression had been created that he is not interested in fighting corruption, was that in May he made sure that we passed the Anti- Corruption law. During the same year, we also passed the Public Officer Ethics Law. To make matters worse, in December, 191 countries assembled to pass the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Kenya, under the guidance of the President, was the only country, and remains the only country, to adopt and sign this Treaty on the same day, and I lay the Convention on the Table of this House. As I speak to you right now, in addition"
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