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    "id": 316253,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/316253/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to my senior colleague in Medicine, Dr. Eseli, he is quoting from a statute and the same Constitution, which he knows, tells him that in terms of comparison, when a statute competes with the Constitution, the Constitution takes precedence. It overrides. That is for the loss. Allow me now to go to the issue of the joint venture. We have made a specific recommendation that we are supporting the joint venture but we have pointed out in our recommendations anomalies which must be addressed by the Government if the Government wants to respect institutions; and if the Government wants to rule this country using the rule of law. The Section 231(3) of the Constitution of Kenya insists that procurement cannot be done without a competitive process. That is in black and white. We have insisted that there must be need for a feasibility study, risk analysis and assessment of the machines which are there. We took the trouble and visited the plant in Ruaraka. We were shocked"
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