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    "id": 589502,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I appreciate the concern raised by Hon. T.J. Kajwang’. In as much as this Bill in the description speaks about “Kenyan” and maybe the word “citizen” is missing, the Constitution of Kenya clearly defines who a Kenyan citizen is in Article 14. It gives the different ways through which you can be called a Kenyan. Article 30 goes further and talks about what a citizen is by birth. Maybe to make it cleaner, because of course the Bill went through the Legal Department in Parliament and all other relevant departments, the one word “citizen” can be added in the description. But the Constitution is very clear in terms of who is a Kenyan and who is not a Kenyan. Of course, with the hierarchy of laws, any law which can be inconsistent with the Constitution, which is higher in the hierarchy of laws, is null and void to the extent of the contradiction. So, we resort to the Constitution."
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