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    "id": 674834,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "the county assemblies perform duties similar to those of the National Parliament rather than have the Senate summoning governors even on flimsy issues that can be tackled by the MCAs to conclusion. That will be history once we empower MCAs. Parliament is being resistant or repulsive to court rulings on certain issues. I believe that of the three arms of the Government – the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary – the Judiciary has done better, especially with the polarization that is evident in this Parliament as a result of the divide between the Jubilee and the CORD coalitions and the existence of tyranny of numbers. I have seen their performance, which is open to everybody. With the divide in this Parliament between Jubilee and CORD and the so-called tyranny of numbers, we have seen and it is open to everybody, that we have lost some of the opportunities to correct some imbalances in law and in practice by the Government. There are things that would have helped us as Members of Parliament or the country for that matter. Members then should not find the opportunity to jump at the Judiciary because given the role and performance of the three noble arms of Government, it is the Judiciary that has stood out to remedy certain instances where the country would have gone at a loss. We have laws here that have carried the day because of the imbalance created by so-called tyranny of numbers. If it were not for the legislation or outrageous and atrocious legislation, we would have passed and we would be hurting. It would come to hurt us because bad laws also reverberate. They come back to haunt the authors and promoters like Njonjo lived to regret the laws that he pushed through. I believe that we should not be cagey about the court rulings. We should support and allow them. With those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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