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    "id": 382706,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/382706/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand on Standing Order No.223 to make a brief comment on this Petition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate Mr. Kalinga. I am in total agreement with all the prayers that he has raised. But there is something else which must not be lost to this Senate; the time former President Kibaki was making those pronouncements, the Constitution of Kenya was in force. Under Article 135 of the new Constitution, the decision of a President is supposed to be in writing, signed and with the public seal. I want the Committee to go further and find out who reversed that decision of the President. I believe hon. Kibaki was a stickler for the law; he must have signed this. We hold the Treasury responsible for bypassing the decision of the President. At the same time, it has also come to the public domain that the current President seems to want to play politics with development. He was quoted live at a funeral of our Senator making a roadside declaration. We would like the Committee also to confirm that the declaration by his Excellency the President that the road will be tarmacked is also in writing. If it is not in writing, this Senate must insist that the President must put it in writing, so that the rule of law must be seen to be the order of doing business in the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Petition."
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