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    "id": 1572005,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Constitution is a living document. Article 95 of the Constitution gives us power to discuss issues touching on the people, who have granted us sovereign authority. Members of Parliament sit to represent the people. This Bill seeks to entrench the three funds in our Constitution. Why are we here in the first place? This Assembly and NG-CDF Board have been subjects of various disputes in court challenging the Fund. If a court declares a fund unconstitutional, who has the responsibility to make it constitutional? Under Article 256 of the Constitution, under which this Bill has been brought, we have power as Members of Parliament to make what is unconstitutional to be constitutional. By discussing this Bill, we are basically doing our part in making what the courts have declared unconstitutional to be constitutional. Arguments have been made that the NG-CDF Act offends the doctrine of separation of powers. I wish to submit before this House that there is no absolute doctrine of separation of powers. This House has powers to make laws that would give meaning to what the people have sent them here for. I submit before this House that even the Judiciary, as much as it is given the role of interpreting laws, also has a Judiciary Fund and it executes projects. So, there is no absolute doctrine of separation of powers. 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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