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    "id": 180059,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I was saying, I am rising to raise a matter of very great concern, not just to this House, but to the entire Republic of Kenya; a matter that touches on the supremacy of Parliament. I wish to seek your direction and advice. In so doing, I wish to lay before the House, copies of pleadings and rulings in Nairobi High Court, Judicial Review Petition No.689 of 2008 in the matter of Samuel Mutua Kivuitu, the ECK Chairman and 21 others, versus the Hon. Attorney-General. The ruling that I have just referred to contravenes Section 30 of our Constitution. With your permission, I wish to read, quickly, Section 30 of the Constitution of Kenya. It reads:- \"Legislative power of the Republic shall vest in Parliament of the Republic of Kenya.\" Yesterday, the High Court issued an order, under a certificate of urgency, in the terms that follow:- \"A conservatory order be issued to restrain the Government of Kenya from taking or commencing any executive or legislative action to process to disband or abolish the Electoral Commission of Kenya and/or to remove its members from office, pending the hearing and determination of this application.\" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that ruling by the High Court offends the Constitution and provides an avenue by which separation of powers in this Republic, that is the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislature, can open chaos. This order amounts to subjugation of Parliament to the Judiciary."
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