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    "id": 41100,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": "You will notice that notwithstanding the fact that this Act of Parliament is not contained in Schedule Five, Parliament itself has been aware of Article 221 from the very beginning and, in fact, alerted the Treasury that it required to be complied with. So, to the extent that Parliament has not yet passed this law, the Chair cannot depart from the ruling it made on Tuesday in reference to this matter because this Motion originates from that ruling. I suggest that you look at it carefully and you begin to realize - and this brings me to the next point - that the Motion does not, in any way, intend to usurp, overcome or undermine Article 221(4). What the Motion is seeking is for the Minister to present formally an opportunity for this House on behalf of the country to discuss the Statement that he made on the Floor of the House yesterday as opposed to the documents that he tabled together with that Statement. Unless somebody can see that distinction, we are violating the principles of Article 251 which require that the Constitution be looked at in a purposeful manner. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, in fact, the Minister is being very kind to the country and in the absence of a law under Article 221(4), he is saying, “I made statements here on the Floor of the House yesterday. Allow me to have three days during which those statements are discussed and the documents then forwarded to the relevant Committee, namely, the Budget Committee”. That is how I understand the Chair to have ruled on"
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