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    "id": 336061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/336061/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 408,
        "legal_name": "Githu Muigai",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to counsel that this is not a good way to legislate. First of all, it is not a standard procedure to repeal other legislation by inference. If we are of the view that there is any other statute that should be subordinated to this statute, we should do so expressly. The problem this creates is what I had alluded to earlier; for example, we have the Council of Legal Education Act, which is intended to vest in the council of legal education exclusive jurisdiction, including to review university programmes. We have already done so. We have already told universities what they would teach, how they will teach it, who will teach it and so on. This would mean, therefore, if we carried it the way it is, that we are repealing the entire Council of Legal Education Act, and we are re-vesting those powers in--- That may be true of other laws. Only the Constitution should be superior to other laws. Other laws rank pari passu. I am advised by the distinguished former student who did very well, indeed."
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