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    "id": 1295060,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish Sen. Chetumo would stop interfering. The Senate Majority Leader has raised something important that we need to be vigilant about as committees and as a House. He did not mention any committee, but I would want to bring it to our attention that any law that passes through the Senate and is struck down in the courts for being unconstitutional is an indictment to the Senate. So, everything that comes to the Senate, all the laws, whether in which committee, we need to be careful enough to ensure that nothing can be struck down because it is unconstitutional. We are not the only oversight people. We have civil society out there that can go to court and challenge any unconstitutional law. If that law passed through our hands, we stand indicted. So, I am glad that at least the Mediation Committee has managed to get the other side to see the sense. I am glad the spirit of Constitution is now moving. We are at that level where we need to bridge the intergovernmental gaps to bring more cooperation and cohesion. We are at that stage where the two Houses need to focus on the Constitution and work together to deliver laws that are about the people of Kenya and not about either of the Houses. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support."
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