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    "id": 451006,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker for allowing me the opportunity to put my voice into this; speaking after many eloquent speakers before me. I am reminded to be very brief and unto the point. A lot has been said about the merits of the legislation that is before us. But allow me to express myself on something that has been bothering me on the constitutionality of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill and the constitutional procedure that seems to be gaining currency in this House. If you listened to the Leader of Majority Party propose the Bill, notwithstanding the fact that he signed the Bill and, therefore, becoming the Member who has actually proposed it before the Assembly, he also said that the legislative proposals actually came from the State Law Department. Two, he ended up therefore, opposing some parts of the Bill that he felt were offensive or unpalatable. It can only mean, therefore, that this Bill was proposed by the Attorney-General and given to the Leader of Majority Party to present before the Assembly. Now that we are in a Presidential System, it worries me. What worries me is how the Attorney General wants to relate with the National Assembly, in how he proposes legislation knowing very well that Article 156 has removed the entire constitutional mandate that the Attorney General hitherto had, of proposing legislation. It has only given him the mandate of advising the Executive. To that extent, therefore, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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