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    "id": 341518,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/341518/?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. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I share the concern of hon. Members and the passion around this Question, particularly because some of the Bills, like the IDP Bill, touch on a very emotional part of this nation. We are where we are because there has been a system failure. That system is a large system. It starts in the Clerk’s office. When we have finished debate in respect of any Bill the Clerk must go back, look at the HANSARD, look at the amendments and send those documents to the draftsmen and draftswomen in our office, who will then go through the proposed changes and return them to the Clerk to confirm that he concurs. They will then send it back to our office after which we send it to the Government Printer and the process continues in that form. In that chain sometimes there is failure and, definitely, in respect of these Bills there has been a system failure. However, we are not in a situation where we would want His Excellency the President and Parliament to be pulling in two different directions over an issue which they are united. The President supports the passage of these Bills into law. That is why he has not sent to this House a memorandum to veto the law that the House has passed. What the President has done is to wait for the system to go through its motions, so that the vellums are finally presented to him as true and accurate copies."
}