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    "id": 509417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/509417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "of Kenya. Twenty years down the line, the Rome Statute is haunting not only Kenya but the African Continent and many other countries. If that opportunity was given to the people’s representative, maybe today the Rome Statute and the ICC would not have been there. If you look at the reasons given by great nations like the US, India, China, Russia and Pakistan for not signing the Rome Statute, the sole reason was that they were protecting the interests of their individual citizens. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a treaty could have been signed in the previous Government before 2010 and I can tell you over 20 years later it might take some of us to some jurisdictions that we do not believe in. The most important thing is that each and every international treaty that our country signs, Parliament has the last word. Parliament has the last pen, more so, the National Assembly that represents the people of Kenya within the meaning of Article 95 of the Constitution. We will stand and say what the interest of the people of Kenya is. That is some of the outstanding provisions of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that some of us fought for. I hope those who want to amend the Constitution through popular vote or through the Floor of this House will not touch Article 132(1) (c) (iii). With those many remarks I want to ask my colleague, the Chair of the Justice and Legal affairs Committee to second."
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