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    "id": 492558,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/492558/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "surrounding the whole of the ICC debate, in my view, have been discussed out of a lot of ignorance of our law, and even our Constitution. If Article 2(6) states that any treaty ratified by Kenya forms part of our laws then it means that Kenya is subject to the Rome Statute. Unless this country starts a system of trying to get itself out of that law, then we will permanently remain subject to that law. Article 143 of the Constitution also provides that any criminal act that a President commits in office, the immunity provided for that particular act is limited to the time the President is in office. That immunity does not extend to any crime that he will be charged with under any law or treaty ounce out of office, according to Article 143(4). So, the bold step taken by the President to appear before the ICC was to demonstrate to the world that he respects the Constitution of Kenya and international laws which Kenya has decided to be bound by. In my view, we must borrow a leaf from the President as leaders of this country."
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