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    "id": 402950,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/402950/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Secondly, the CIC has proven to also be very unreliable in certain instances. It has made many pronouncements that are themselves unconstitutional or contradictory. Therefore, I do not believe and I have a lot of respect for the Chairman of the Committee on Administration and National Security, he is my Chair in that Committee because I humbly serve under his very able leadership in that Committee, but he must know that this House is not bound and subject to the opinions of the CIC. You know that when we sit as the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya, we have the authority and the ability to interpret the Constitution. Indeed, time and time again, this House has interpreted the Constitution and our interpretation power and authority is superior to that of the CIC. Therefore, yes, we can listen to the opinion of the CIC, but no, we cannot be bound by the opinion of the CIC."
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