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    "id": 406153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been thinking about this issue and in particular, from the point of view of how to avoid a situation where the President is put in a situation where if he does something, he takes a certain line of action which is unconstitutional. I am wondering whether you have had enough consultations with the President, with your counterpart at the National Assembly and whether you have come to an understanding that before the President gives assent to any Bill, it should have your signature and the signature of the Speaker of the National Assembly. Both signatures should show the President that you have agreed that the Bill does not concern counties or that the Bill touches on the counties. That way, you can take appropriate steps. At the end of the day, this is Parliament, which is composed of the National Assembly and the Senate which is inducting Bills. Therefore, when it comes to Bills that do not concern counties, it should not be presumed that the Speaker of the National Assembly can move to the passage of the Third Reading for signature of the President. The President should be made aware by the signatures appended there that consultations have taken place and that you agree that the Bills do not touch on counties. If these are Bills that do not touch on counties, then the President must be made aware. The President should also be made aware about a Bill that touched on counties that came to this House; we deliberated on it and made our contributions."
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