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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I should not be addressed on this; it is a very simple and straightforward matter. The legislative authority of the Republic of Kenya is derived from the people. At the National level, it is exercised by or vested in Parliament; that is the clear provision of Article 94. Hon. Abdikadir, Article 94 is in Chapter Eight of the Constitution, so is Article 115. That is the Chapter dealing with the Legislature. The process of legislating is covered in that Chapter; the process ends with a Bill being taken to the President to assent, fail to assent or refer back to Parliament with a Memorandum and suggested amendments or proposals. Assent is, therefore, part of that legislative process. When the President fails to assent and refers a Bill back to us, it is for the House, through the procedure provided for in Article 115, and in our own Standing Orders to do what it must do with regard to the proposals or suggestions from the President. I was just about to take the House through that; for you to rise in your place and claim that we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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