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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "H. K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I would like to congratulate Hon. Kaluma for this amendment. I would also like to say that Hon. Kaluma is not re-inventing the wheel. He is talking about the separation of powers doctrine which is as old as democracy. In the heart of the constitutional theory is the doctrine of separation of powers. We have talked about it but I would like to give the analogy of an African pot where food is prepared and you have the three stones that support the pot. This is governance issue and constitutionalism that we are talking about. We are saying that the rule of law, constitutionalism and good governance cannot be delivered until the three pillars respect each other. Some of the greatest proponents of this theory like the Montesquieu, the great French philosopher, said if you invest too much power in one of these arms, then you end up with absolute power. In this country we experienced such a thing in the 1990s when there was too much power in the Executive. The Executive arm became law. It was interfering with the Judiciary and 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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