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    "content": "to the Supreme Court. The only thing I would ask is that the matter should be dealt with expeditiously because if it is not done so, then it means the violation of the Constitution is compounded everyday an Act of Parliament is dealt in the manner in which the National Assembly has been dealing with these matters. As they decide, I hope that the Speaker of the National Assembly will abide by the decision of the Supreme Court because then if he is the first to disobey the orders of the Supreme Court or its opinion, then he cannot be said to be defending and protecting the Constitution as established by the people of Kenya. My parting shot is this; the fact that the Senate Majority Leader is the one who moved this Motion is speaking volumes. I want to support him for his courage otherwise it would be very difficult to move a Motion of this nature. I want to commend my friends in the Jubilee Coalition for standing together with everybody on this matter. I believe that what you have done in this particular issue commends itself to the CORD Coalition so that if there is a matter dealing with the Constitution, then we, as a Senate, will speak with one voice irrespective of the consequences to us as individuals because we stand up to defend the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. I want, once again, to appeal to the President and his deputy that this matter need not go to the Supreme Court if the President addresses himself to the fact that he cannot assent to a law which has not been passed in accordance with the Constitution. It is his constitutional duty to ensure that the legal processes have been followed. He will stand tall amongst the nations of the world that on a matter which relates to the Constitution he does not cut any corners. I know that in the fullness of time, he will certainly go that direction, but because the National Assembly and particularly the Speaker of the National Assembly is not listening to reason and is not applying the Constitution, the only alternative is the manner suggested by the Motion. However, I support the Lion King, the Senator from Meru when he says, at the end of the day, when public officers offend the Constitution, we, as the defenders of the Constitution, should not be afraid to find alternative means within the law to deal with them. Otherwise, we will start in this direction, continue in that direction and deal with the issue of impunity and punish it. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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