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    "id": 274032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/274032/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": "I have not finished; I am on a point of order! Allow me to say that if you look at the Articles on decentralization as mentioned, the word “decentralization” has no application in Kenya’s Constitution. What it talked about is devolution and that devolution is driven by the Articles that I have read in the Constitution. The other one is that this is not a Motion as understood by Standing Order No.47. Why do I say so? Again, I refer you with, Sir, with utmost respect, to the section of the old Constitution that I have read. It reads: “The President does not send a Motion to the House; the President sends a Memorandum expressing his opinion and his recommendations.” Therefore, to seek reliance on Standing Orders Nos.55 or 47 is, in my view, a misapprehension of what is before this House. This is legislation making. The President of Kenya under the old Constitution was the second part of legislation making in this country. Unless you are saying - because I heard Mr. Imanyara use words like"
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