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    "id": 417595,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I think the matter that has been raised by the Leader of Majority Party is weighty and even from the discussion from our colleagues, you can easily notice that this is a matter that is not very simple. When Kenyans decided to separate power between the three levels of Government, it was for obvious reasons. I was looking at this Constitution and I decided to read three articles. The first one was Article 94(1) which reads as follows:- “The legislative authority of the Republic is derived from the people and, at the national level, is vested in and exercised by Parliament.” I wanted my colleagues to take note of the wordings of this particular paragraph. It starts at the legislative authority of the Republic and is derived from the people. So, the people are donating or delegating that power to Parliament. Hon. Speaker, if you go to Article 129 of the Constitution, it also talks about the Principles of Executive Authority. Article 129(1) states as follows:- “Executive authority is derived from the people of Kenya and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution.” Again, this is power that is donated by the people of Kenya to the Executive. Article 159 talks about the Judicial authority and the same Judicial authority is again derived from the people and vests in, and shall be exercised by the courts and tribunals. Therefore, it comes out clearly that all these powers are with the people of Kenya, but the people of Kenya decided to delegate the three powers to the three organs separately. The Executive is given its powers; the Legislature is given its power and the Judiciary is 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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