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    "id": 339367,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/339367/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Muigai",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 408,
        "legal_name": "Githu Muigai",
        "slug": "githu-muigai"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Office of the Attorney-General Bill, Bill No. 64 of 2012 be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. The necessity to have a statute setting out the functions and the powers of the Office of the Attorney-General is self-evident. Article 156 of the Constitution requires that a law be passed to give effect to the functions and powers of this office. It is my distinct privilege to be serving in this office today, and it is my privilege to be the one to present this Bill before this Parliament. What we seek to do here is simple and straightfoward. It is to structure in a clear fashion the manner in which this, in my very humble view, important constitutional office functions in order that we may ensure that what is entrusted to this office by the Constitution is effected. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Attorney-General as chief legal advisor to the Government handles a special responsibility; I might say a very heavy responsibility. From Independence, the full scope of the duties and responsibilities of that office have been left to tradition and convention. It is inappropriate to continue to do so now, because of the high threshold we now have in our Constitution for accountability. The Attorney-General must have the independence to do his job, and also there must be sufficient oversight over how the occupant of that office goes forward and is able"
}