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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "One other thing is that, this amendment was brought here by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government. This is one Government. It is a shameful public display which we are giving to Kenyans; that one arm of Government brings an amendment and the law makers approve it. The President in his wisdom assents to it and then the same Government comes back to say that the law is contrary to its wishes. Mr. Chairman, Sir, we are not doing a good public display to our people. We need to resolve this issue. I urge you to decide the illegibility or acceptability of this Memorandum. We cannot go to a vote. We cannot take this thing to a vote just because it came from the President. Let us do our job and follow our rules. I also think it is wrong to say that the Standing Orders of our National Assembly are some laws which you can abrogate if you think that they are junior or inferior to the Constitution. These Standing Orders have been carried along in the new Constitution. They are part and parcel of our laws. We must follow them. If we want, we then initiate a process of changing the Standing Orders. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to urge you to find that this Memorandum is in bad spirit and it violates the spirit of the Constitution and it seeks to establish a third government which is not contemplated in the Constitution. I thank you."
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