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    "id": 407935,
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    "speaker_name": "December 5, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 32 Sen. Ongoro",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not repeat what has been said. All those who have spoken before me have actually validated why we need to interrogate this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the main reasons and our main mandate, as the Senate, is to ensure the welfare of counties. My interpretation of that statement was not that we were to take care of the welfare of infrastructure within those counties. It made reference to the people who are within those counties. How else can we take care of the welfare of these people if we are not going to interrogate something that is going to actually be one of the key means of ensuring that we, as a Senate, get to know what happens in those counties and protect the freedom of speech? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to invite all of us to make reference to the Bill of Rights, which is enshrined in the Constitution. If you look at Article 19(3) (a), it actually states that the rights and fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights belong to each individual and are not granted by the State. That, to me, is a very strong statement. It is not supposed to be granted; it is already granted by virtue of the fact that we already promulgated this Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it has already been mentioned, even in reference to the freedom of expression, in Article 33 (a). I just want us to make reference to that, even as we confirm why it is very important for us to interrogate this Bill in this House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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