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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. As you know, I have tremendous respect for the distinguished Member of Parliament for Matayos. He traverses Eldoret whenever he goes to his constituency and I normally have an opportunity of having lunch with him once in a while. Notwithstanding what he has just brought, I totally support his constitutional right to bring matters of such importance. However, I have certain concerns. One, I have concerns on matters of law. With regard to matters that have already been repealed, he is saying that the Cabinet Secretary - which is ground number two in his petition - has breached Section 6 of the Education Act No.7 of 2007 by permitting I do not know what! The Education Act of 2013, Section 97 specifically repealed that Act and so, there is nothing to breach. It was annulled and repealed. According to the English dictionary, Webster, once a matter is repealed, it is abrogated, deleted and does not exist in the statutes. So, there is nothing for him to breach. So, as a Member of Parliament, once he repeals an Act, he cannot come again and say: “So and so has breached an Act in which he himself participated in ensuring that it was repealed and deleted from the statutes of this country.” Today, I was reading the"
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