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    "id": 577958,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/577958/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "H. K. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Parliament. This is why in the push and pull for the new constitutional dispensation, we are asking ourselves whether we shifted the power now to the Judiciary which has become activist. Hon. Kaluma is not re-inventing the wheel. He is just saying that in our governance issues in this country, we should respect the doctrine of separation of powers where the Judiciary is supposed to interpret the law, Parliament makes laws and the Executive plays its executive role and support governance. I support this amendment and say that when it comes to issues of Parliament, we derive our power among other Articles. Article 1 of the Constitution talks about the sovereign authority of the Republic being vested in the people, and the people exercising that authority either through themselves or through elected representatives. This, in my opinion, is what is crucial because when you talk about elected representatives, we derive our power from the social contract theory where people have given us the power to represent them---"
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