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"content": ".: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a serious issue there. Let me take another angle. The advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on the gender question in Article 91 gave Parliament the deadline of 27th August, 2016. So, there needs to be an element of determination of this question. I am not certain whether the Bill in the National Assembly was on principle. This is on principle or under Article 81, but I am not certain whether we are looking at the measures of ensuring that we comply with the two-thirds requirement. Any conflict on this question will fall squarely on this House in terms of the failure to comply with the deadline set by the Supreme Court. It is very dangerous if we do not determine what question the National Assembly did not agree to is. When we finish what we are doing here, we should not end up with a quarrel, at the National Assembly level about this question. There needs to be clear direction, maybe through consultation, so that we do not end up in a deadlock. We want to help, but it would be unfair for us to sit, with the knowledge and information that we have about, first, the deadline set by the Supreme Court and, two, the rejection by the National Assembly. We should not sit here and assume that all will be well, when we know it might not be. A little direction here will be useful, so that we know that once we finish this--- The issue is urgent and I have said that if we do not comply with Article 81(b) it is possible that a good Kenyan, like Mr. Omtata, will make sure that we are not sworn in, in 2017. It is a serious question."
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