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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am rather worried as to the trend which we are trying to establish. What this House is trying to do, in my view, will open a pandora’s box. I would rather suggest that if we are not clear about this procedure, we do not go on with this process today. Like the issue which has been raised by the Member from Meru, this is not a joke. Our job is to save Kenyans from suffering and the rules are very clear. The ruling which you have just read closes the window on any amendment and it makes the Executive, that is the gist of this matter, to be doing legislation through the back door. The work of legislation belongs to this National Assembly. I want to plead with you, so that we approach this all together, that it may not only be this Bill, but there are many Bills that we are going to approach in the future. If we close that window for this House, you will know what will happen with many other Bills. In fact, the impression it gives is that once the Treasury says, we may not even be able to change anything on the Budget, not even on the Policy Paper. So, I want to plead. I have heard so many insinuations, but the law is clear. Section 114 of the Constitution read together with our Standing Orders does not take away the power to legislate from this National Assembly. If we give that power away, the repercussions, and you know, will be dire. This will come and go, but the future will be so bleak to our country. I rest my case."
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