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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also go against the advisory opinion. If you look at the Constitution, it is the High Court which has admitted an original jurisdiction to deal with matters of the Constitution in the primary state. It is in the High Court where we should also proceed to file other cases for removal of people from offices and to declare those laws unconstitutional because an advisory opinion has been ignored before. The Speaker of the National Assembly has been out there saying an advisory opinion is what it is, it is merely an advice and it can be respected or disobeyed. In fact, an advisory opinion assumes that the person who is being directed through the advisory opinion will respect the advice because the Supreme Court is supposed to be the fundamental and the most authoritative court of the land. It is assumed once it has pronounced itself, all the lawyers and Kenyans will behave in accordance with its advice. However, there are those ones saying that it is a mere opinion, advisory opinion can be acted upon or ignored. When you are dealing with such characters, we need to go beyond that. My proposal is that we go beyond the advisory opinion, and file some cases in the High Court itself seeking removal of some people from office and also specifically annulling the legislation which has been enacted contrary to the Constitution. Is my time up?"
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