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    "id": 715394,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/715394/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Article 118(2) says:- “Parliament may not exclude the public, or any media, from any sitting unless in exceptional circumstances the relevant Speaker has determined that there are justifiable reasons for the exclusion.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have excluded the public and the media who are usually in the Public Gallery from this sitting. Should somebody go to court after we have held this sitting and declare it was unconstitutional, how would you defend yourself, based on this principle of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya? We must be very open and transparent to each other. We are holding an unconstitutional sitting of the Senate. If somebody goes to court and declares this sitting a nullity, we have no defence."
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