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    "id": 601113,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As said by the Senate Minority Leader, I urge the Chair to look at the old Constitution where the issue of Presidential Assent and the exercise of veto power were done under very different circumstances. This is because then the President was part of Parliament. The Parliament of Kenya consisted of the President and the National Assembly. The current Parliament does not have the President as a component of Parliament. The second more important issue particularly on this issue of coming up with new clauses under the new Constitution is that there is the element of public participation. That, a Bill that has been published, during the period that it is published and in between the First and Second Readings, there is an engagement by the public and other stakeholders. Bills commence by publication. It would undermine the architecture of this Constitution if an amendment brought by the President, which introduces new clauses, it has not been published, tabled, read the First Time, has not been subjected to public participation, has not gone through the Second Reading and those new clauses appear suddenly or abruptly during the Committee Stage. That would undermine the procedure under which the Constitution requires that we enact legislation. Therefore, we should be true to the promises and requirements of this Constitution that all these requirements must be met. In fact, if the President had any The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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