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    "id": 595768,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/595768/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I wanted to rise when Hon. Duale was speaking. What he talked about is not a small matter. It is a systemic issue. Two weeks ago, I was surprised to see a Member was processing a Motion to bring to this Floor; then before the Motion got to your desk, somebody, an institution of this country, went to court on a Motion proposed to be brought before this Floor. A court was guided to give an injunction against Parliament on a Motion proposed and not yet brought here. So the issue Hon. Duale is talking about is not a small matter. You need to give direction on this, so that we handle it. It surprises us that someone proposes an issue, saying he wants to do something and then another body - the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) - goes to court to say that there is a Motion to be brought before the Floor and tells the court to stop it from being taken to the Floor. It just cannot work. Some of these things are going to make it difficult for us to work in this Parliament. The very fact that a Motion can make someone to go to court is laughable. We need to address some of these things, so that Members’ fears are allayed; they should think freely and without fearing that if they think loudly like Hon. Munyao, someone will reprimand them. This is the reason I wanted to speak. Thank you."
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