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    "id": 562496,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/562496/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Article 10(1) says that:- “The national values and principles of governance in this Article bind all State organs, State officers, public officers and all persons whenever any of them— (a) applies or interprets this Constitution; (b) enacts, applies or interprets any law; or (c) makes or implements public policy decisions. The Constitution says the President is to address a joint sitting of Parliament based on national values. Integrity is part of national values. Corruption is a national value and we must fight it. So, the President is within the Constitution to annex any document to his Address as long as that document will enrich his Address based on national values as enshrined in Article 10. The concept of Article 115 of the Constitution--- The legislative process is that a Bill is read the First Time, subjected to public participation, comes for the Second Reading and goes to the Third Reading. The new sub-clause the President introduced was a sub-clause that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade introduced and the Senate rejected it. Article 115 and Standing Order No.155 have given the President the leeway and the constitutional mandate to do any referral and make one or two recommendations, which is within the Constitution. It does not only happen in Kenya, but in all jurisdictions of democratically-elected governments like in the USA. As you make that Communication, I am sure you will take each and everybody’s opinion and give us the way forward."
}