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    "id": 560504,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am looking at Article 94(1) of the Constitution, which says that legislative authority is actually vested in Parliament. Last week when we were debating the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill, there was a clause on which we were unanimous. We did not have numbers. In the spirit on the way forward, and so that we do not allow the Executive to play a legislative role--- This is because many a times when Memoranda come from His Excellency the President, it becomes very difficult for us to debate because we rarely have two-thirds. Unless we develop a mechanism and we discuss everything in advance we must have the two-thirds majority; it is an exercise in futility. We are wasting time. Even if we decide otherwise, we are not going to do anything. For now we do not have the two-thirds majority in this House. This is my humble request."
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