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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here today to support this Bill with the amendments as presented. It is time that this House realised that the House is not making laws for individuals. We are making laws for institutions and posterity. If our minds are going to be clouded by the Kimaiyos and the Kavuludis of this world, then it means that we will not move as a House and the “Berlin Wall” that was said to have been removed, might forever remain. Most of the speakers are saying that Inspector General, Mr. Kimaiyo, will not remain in office forever. However, I want to correct them that there is no law that is being made here because of Mr. Kimaiyo or Kavuludi. We are making laws today for the 40 million Kenyans. With that, I further state that after we passed the Constitution in 2010, this House must realise that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The same Constitution indicates that there must be subsidiary legislation that is enacted to give effect to the Constitution. Therefore, the National Police Service Act that was enacted in 2011, and these amendments of 2013, are just subsidiary legislation that are meant to give effect to the Constitution. Saying that a law that is seeking to amend another law is unconstitutional is totally misleading this House. Article 246(2)(b) sets out the structure, but thereafter, subsidiary legislation must be enacted, so that we can work under the spirit of the Constitution."
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