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    "id": 417736,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, you cannot stop a court from sitting and if you cannot stop a court from sitting, how then can you stop Parliament from sitting? You cannot do it. Supposing we are doing the Budget and somebody comes up with an injunction to stop us from debating the Budget, will we stop? Will we stop it because somebody has gone to court? Our responsibility and mandate is the people of Kenya. So long as we are keeping that mandate for the people of Kenya, it is immaterial what any judicial officer or any court can make. As we sit here today, the courts are making their decisions, and as Parliament we should make our own decisions for the welfare of the people of Kenya. That is basically the point I wanted to bring out so that other hon. Members can contribute, but this country needs us more than any other time to come up straight. We can come here in majority and even do constitutional amendment for this country because we cannot be taken back to where we are coming from. With those few remarks, I support the sentiments of other hon. Members."
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