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    "id": 43041,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/43041/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not need to remind you because you are an experienced jurist in your own right that those are the Sections of the old Constitution that gave Parliament the power to make laws and how to make them. Again, you will find that Sections 43 to 46 are extended. In fact, it was only last week, although the politics of the thing has grounded us again, that you gave advise to the country, particularly, His Excellency the President and the Right Hon. Prime Minister that Section 56 of the Constitution is still in force. So, therefore, in making your ruling, I want to suggest that one of the starting point is to consider that transitional provision, whereby, existing Sections of the Constitution recognizing the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance are still in force. If you go further, you will see that apart from the Sections extended, the provisions of the former Constitution concerning the Executive and the National Accord and Reconciliation Act shall continue to operate until the first General Elections held under this Constitution."
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