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    "id": 1458121,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "The Judiciary is telling us that the legislative arm of the Government cannot legislate and the Executive will never execute anything without them superimposing. I said this in passing because we have gone through the Committee of the whole House stage and amended the Appropriation Act of 2024. I am concerned that another judge might instruct us to seek public participation again. These judges need to understand that most of the amendments made in the Committee of the whole House resulted from public participation. The changes in the Finance Act of 2023 and the rejected Finance Bill 2024 were proposed by members of the public. They opposed taxes on bread and motor vehicles, so we had to amend the law and remove those taxes. Now a judge wants us to go back to the people and conduct another round of public participation to remove these taxes. What kind of country are we in? Maybe this is what Hon. T J Kajwang describes as judicial dictatorship; or is judicial overreach? People in their fantasy world imagine that they can be judges, lawmakers, and a President. If they want to be the President, Member of Parliament or Senator, they should run for office, but not overreach their mandate. This judicial overreach must come to an end. I say that with immense respect to our learned friends in the Judiciary. They must know their boundaries. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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