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    "id": 28537,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/28537/?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": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not want to go to the “why” because people will think that I am maligning Parliament. However, the fact of the matter is that we bear some element of responsibility. As in all cases where you find disputes, each side has some contributing factor. Therefore, the HANSARD will bear me out that we sworn in the Commission on Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) on 6th January, 2011. Mr. Speaker, Sir, fact number two, which hon. Members cannot dispute is that the Constitution says clearly that unless Bills are taken through that Commission, they cannot find their way to this Floor. Again, they must go through the Attorney-General and I am not in any way criticizing that. I happen to be the only Minister who has presented Bills to this Floor since 27th August, 2010 and I want to salute this House for standing up to the occasion. I want to salute this Parliament as a Parliament that will be remembered for the rest of the history of this country and as a Parliament that facilitated the new Constitution."
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