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    "id": 43086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. As far as I am concerned, we are in a new constitutional order and the test is; are we living by the dictates of the current Constitution or not? I think that is the fundamental question. We cannot go out there hunting for answers to what is provided in the current Constitution. My reading of this Constitution, particularly of the Sixth Schedule--- The Sixth Schedule is the only mechanism for moving from the old Constitution to the current Constitution. You cannot try to move from the old Constitution to the new Constitution in any way other than by using the provisions that are contained in the Sixth Schedule. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Sixth Schedule of this Constitution is very clear on which parts of the Constitution are suspended, and which parts of the old Constitution have been saved. So, I think my colleagues are pursuing a tortured interpretation of the transitional and consequential provisions, which provide very clear answers. To me, unlike what my hon. friend from Gwassi was saying, these circulars are things which are in the public knowledge. It is good we have a Speaker who was anticipating all these. Being a good Minister, I anticipated all this. So, the only way forward is to give full compliance to Article 221 of the Constitution. The moment you look for forms and systems of expediency---"
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