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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Member not misleading the House by forgetting to look at Chapter 18, Transition and Consequential Provisions, particularly Article 261(4)? It says that:- “For purposes of Clause 1, the Attorney-General, in consultation with the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution, shall prepare the relevant Bills for tabling before Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable, to enable Parliament to enact legislation within the period specified”. You can see that the framers of our Constitution had all these circumstances in mind that Parliament could be in recess when the Bill is already before the House, that the President could return the Bill through a memorandum and that is why they were giving this provision. Secondly, it does not say that if the House passes a Bill, that Bill becomes illegal. In fact, the provision is not on an illegality. The provision is, and I quote - if you look at Article 261(5), it says that:- “If Parliament fails to enact any particular legislation within the specified time, any person may petition the High Court on the matter”."
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