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    "id": 375423,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/375423/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.47(3)(b). If you allow me I will read it: “If the Speaker is of the opinion that any proposed Motion is contrary to the Constitution or an Act of Parliament, without expressly proposing appropriate amendment to the Constitution or the Act of Parliament, the Speaker may direct either that the Motion is inadmissible or that notice of it cannot be given without such alteration as the Speaker may approve or that the Motion be referred to the relevant Committee of the Assembly pursuant to the relevant article 114(2) of the Constitution.” The current Motion, without indulging into its merits, is of course in reference to the two published Bills, one on the National Police Service Act and the other one on the National Police Service Commission Act. My contention is that since those two proposed Bills are contrary to the Constitution--- If you read the two Bills carefully as published, you will come to the realization that they are attempting to amend the Constitution through the back door. Hon. Deputy Speaker I will invite you to read Article 245 of the Constitution which spells out the roles of the Inspector-General of Police. Then read Article 246 of the Constitution which spells out the functions of the National Police Service Commission. Those Bills as currently crafted are in direct violation of the Constitution. Unless an appropriate constitutional amendment Bill---"
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