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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anyango",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dalmas Anyango Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me thank Hon. Kaluma for giving me the opportunity just to register my support for this good quality amendment to the Constitution. I support all the three parts. As you know, there are also good and bad judgements in the judicial process. Where there is a bad judgement, there is an appeal process through which it is corrected. There may also be good and bad laws passed by this House. Where there is any bad law, there is opportunity again for the House to amend the laws which it had made. I wish to clarify issues under these amendments that may raise questions. Number one is with regard to Article 117. It has to be noted that we are saying “done in good faith.” So, the court is still free to say we have not done it in good faith, the individual Member has not done it in good faith or was under the influence of something else. But, as long as it is done in good faith and in exercise of our legislative authority in Parliament, we should feel free to act and discharge our duties. With regard to Article 175, it should be noted by everybody else what we are talking about in so far as the matter is ongoing in Parliament. After we are done with it, the courts are free. Anybody else is actually free. The members of the public in following these amendments should realize that whenever we are handling an issue in Parliament, public participation is a principle that we have already started practicing with a lot of detail. We accept representations and petitions. You can even 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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