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    "id": 558064,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/558064/?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": "Our country is very unique. We have a political parties funding mechanism which party leaders can use. So, what we are saying is that the President, in using Article 115 - out of the 67 Bills he has assented to since the beginning of the 11th Parliament, rarely has the President used Article 115. You cannot use taxpayers’ money. This House has the obligation to protect it and that is why we are saying if Hon. ole Kaparo accepts these retirement benefits, the moment he signs, he must resign as the Chair of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). So, let us not make this a political contest. I am sure the President is not abusing any part of the Constitution. There is leeway within the Constitution, as Hon. Ochieng said, for people to go to court but this particular action we are doing today is within the parliamentary procedure and within Article 115 of the Constitution. Members of Parliament have the right to raise the two- thirds majority."
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