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    "id": 417732,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/417732/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to support what my colleagues have said. I am not a lawyer but the big challenge that we have is that judges make decisions as if Parliament works like the courts. A judge presides over a case where two parties are arguing over an issue. On the basis of evidence raised, a judge makes a ruling. In Parliament, Members of Parliament, who are elected by Kenyans, make a case. We argue for or against. We then vote. When we do so, we carry the will of the people of Kenya. We do not carry the will of anybody. If anybody is here to challenge the decision of Parliament, then that person should serve all the hon. Members. It is not the Speaker because he does not make any decision; he presides over what we discuss here. Therefore, from where I sit I do not understand what Parliament is. Parliament is not the Speaker, but Parliament comprises hon. Members of the National Assembly and the Senate. We sit and debate on a matter and through a vote, we agree. If anybody is challenging that decision then he should serve all the hon. Members, not the Speaker in this case."
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