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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for protecting me. We have been told about the unconstitutionality of this Bill. There could be some sections that are unconstitutional. That is the reason why we have Article 24 of the Constitution which states very clearly that, any law which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall be void to the extent of its inconsistency. The tenets and doctrines of interpretations of the law are quite clear. I was hoping the new Secretary General was here so that he knows what the Constitution states. Hon. Speaker, we have talked about so many things. There is a particular clause that takes away the rights of an accused person. My own Committee will be looking at some of these. We intend to bring proposals for the amendment to the House. In fact, this law is just purely a proposal not the law. When people speak here, they should be making proposals on what amendments they want. There are so many parts of this law that are very good like what hon. Wakhungu has just said that is; limitation of asylum seekers to 150,000 which we are proposing to make law. If that has to be increased, it must come to this House. What is wrong with that Bill? The other one is about conditions upon which we place accused persons to be released on bail. We know that there are people who are suspected to be terrorists who have been released on a bail of Kshs.10 million and have disappeared. They have come back to this country to cause mayhem. They might even include those who killed over 70 people in Mandera. Those people do not know whether they were CORD or Jubilee, yet here we are just talking about existence of CORD and Jubilee; those children who are crying because they have lost their parents and here you are telling us stories, shame on them or anyone who is seeking to play around with the lives of Kenyans. I represent 34,000 voters and only 23,000 voted for me because some voted for CORD. However, I must ensure that those who voted for CORD also are protected. Some people are making a lot of noise here. Some of us have supported their party leader and they owe us here. If I speak, I have supported him more than hon. Ng’ongo and he should see me after this so that I can disclose some information."
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