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    "content": "So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just saying that, as a Republic, we must respect each other; we must respect our institutions; I respect the judges and I will never want any orders to be disobeyed. But everything must take place in circumstances where everybody and every particular person does not feel that he or she is being harassed by proceedings which are filed in the morning and in the afternoon, there is an order. I think because of the strong Bill of Rights Chapter in our Constitution, it can actually attract some sense of judicial activism – which I support – but I am saying before you make those orders; one has to be very careful. I read an article this morning by Mr. Kegoro – which is a very well written article; it is good jurisprudence – that courts must keep out of politics; they must not enter the political arena; they must not get into the political thicket; that is the business of politicians, and politicians are found – when they are not out there, like sometimes I am outside there – they are either found in the Senate, in the National Assembly or in the county assemblies. So, for now, I will just hope that under the leadership of our Speaker-- - Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you sit on that Chair, I feel very confident, because Parliament must fight for its space. There was once an English man who was the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the King at that time – I think this was in the 15th Century – wanted to arrest some Members of Parliament (MPs), and he visited the House of Commons. But, of course, by the rules of the House, the King cannot enter the House of Commons. So, he stood with his soldiers at the Bar and demanded that the two MPs be released to him. The Speaker told him: “Your Majesty, I do not see them.” They were in the House, but he said “I do not see them;” and the King had to recede back; and there lies the rule that when Parliament is in session, even the mightiest power is a stranger when Parliament is in debate and discussing."
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