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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "That was about six months ago. When a Bill has been signed and it becomes law, the questions of unconstitutionality shall be addressed at the High Court because it is already law. What I was requesting Hon. Jakoyo is that he should advance the merits of what he is trying to do without raising the question of unconstitutionality; that matter is not in the Bill before the House. It is a new amendment being introduced in the Finance Bill, and that is a major policy shift which requires further consultations. We should remember that we are making laws on the basis of which people make their investments. If six months down the line you change the law – after people have made their investment decisions based on that law – it will be very unfair and inconsistent. I request Hon. Jakoyo to humbly withdraw his amendment because it is a major thing that we did as a House. Where there might be contention, we might have to involve the courts because we are changing laws in less than six months."
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