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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The difference between us and the Senate is that, while we know very well that what the Senate is doing is unconstitutional because they act on things on which they want to claim expansive space, we do nothing about it. We have a Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs which has representation of very senior Members of our House. You have mentioned bursaries, oversight and school feeding programmes. Why have we not gone to court? We need to think about that and act on the unconstitutional things that they do. The court recently pronounced itself on an impeachment matter before it and said that the jurisdiction is something that you either have or do not have. You cannot do it by the craft of interpretation. If I were to extrapolate to the courts, and in this instance, the Supreme Court, that very same logic, there is either jurisdiction for the Senate to do things under Article 96 of the Constitution, or there is not. You cannot, by craft of interpretation, take or arrogate to yourself the role that the Senate can do this or that because everything falls under national security. This is something on which we must bring the Supreme Court and the courts to account. Hon. Millie has mentioned that the Supreme Court was never created in order to over- reach its mandate or to engage in activism. Lastly, the Attorney-General exists in order to give advice to the Government. I have heard two Members saying that we should also start summoning governors. The reason that governors cannot appear before us is simple. They know that the National Assembly has nothing to do with devolution. Why then would members of the Executive, knowing very well that the Senate has nothing to do with those roles, nevertheless accept to appear before the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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