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    "id": 344985,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/344985/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Imanyara",
    "speaker_title": "The Temporary Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 22,
        "legal_name": "Gitobu Imanyara",
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    "content": " Mr. Attorney-General, are you suggesting to the House that where the Constitution sets straight timelines within which a certain matter must be done, you can ignore those timelines, particularly when you look at Articles 115, 116 and 117? I raise this issue because even with regard to elections there are timelines. Are you suggesting to this House that the Government Printer is going to hold the country to ransom even in the clear language of the Constitution which sets deadlines when laws must be gazetted? I think it is important for Kenyans to know that the Government claims that its hands are tied when it comes to enforcing the provisions of the Constitution with regard to its clear language on timelines. If that is not a matter for your department, which department is supposed to ensure that these mandatory provisions of the Constitution are followed to the letter, because I would like to give directive for that person to come to this House tomorrow and give the House and the country clear undertakings that where the Constitution demands certain timelines, every executive officer in the Government must comply with them."
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