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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I support this amendment, there is a very thin line between the doctrines of separation of powers between the various arms of the Government. The three arms of Government operate interdependent of each other but they still pull in the same direction. However, when one arm of Government tries to gag the other arm of Government from functioning normally, it disables functions of the other arm of Government and it can therefore paralyze the normal functioning of the other arm of Government. This amendment talks about when a Member of Parliament does something in good faith, he should not be accused of violating the Constitution. On the other hand, the High Court has unlimited original jurisdiction to interpret anything done under the Constitution and anything that is suspected in contravention of the Constitution. So, if we pass this amendment, we should be careful not to gag the High Court from doing its function of interpreting the Constitution and supervision of the other arms of Government. If we let one arm of Government become big- headed, then some of them become dictatorial, including this House. When we oversee other arms of Government sometimes we become a reactive Parliament. We react when something has been done that touches this House then we become The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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