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    "content": "We have to jealously guard our independence as the House. As stated by my colleague who spoke before me, there is no prejudice that would be occasioned by Parliament adopting the Joint Committees’ report. The Judiciary will not be stopped from its role of interpreting the law. What Parliament is doing is getting on with its business, so that if, in the opinion of Parliament, we find that the action of the Executive was irregular, we roundly state so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we find that we need to have this Kenya Gazette Notice nullified, we state it. If, later on, the court wants to find that that is not within the law, the court is at liberty to do so. After all, we make laws without reference to the courts. Later on the courts interpret those laws. The courts can strike out a clause or two clauses or an entire law, but the courts can never stop the process of law-making. Similarly, we deliberate and make pronouncements. We give our positions on matters of national importance. The courts can later give their views, if they wish. Any citizen can comment on it and disagree with what we have done or support what we have done. The Joint Committees and Parliament cannot be stopped from deliberating on this matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question that must operate in your mind is whether Parliament can be injuncted. No orders have been issued from this case, but can Parliament be injuncted from doing what it is mandated to do under the Constitution? We would then have to abolish this institution and leave it to the courts."
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