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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you would not put a question like that on the face of it because it is against the Constitution. Article 10 requires of you, when applying and interpreting it, you must do it in accordance with the Constitution. For example, if you take a vote that murder all lecturers, the majority can have it, but that will be clearly contrary to the Constitution. So, it is no longer applicable in a modern constitutional and liberal democracy. My second point which is more important is that there are certain values in the Constitution that should be common to all of us. For example, when talking about matters to do with elections, we should endeavour to create unity. Mr. Pele described football as a beautiful game because its rules are understood. However, in elections in which the rules mean nothing depending on who is applying them can never be appreciated in a proper democracy. So, I urge us all that sometimes we need to come together as Kenyans. This is because the preamble of the Constitution says that even if you are the President of Kenya and in basic principle of this Republic is national unity. That is why he is the head of State. If you are the Opposition leader, those principles also apply. I urge all of us that as we go to this Committee and come back, we must find some commonality in the things that we are trying to do. Otherwise, we come with 100 laws which will never improve Kenya. These laws that are rushed are always very bad. I remember when Judge Muli brought the Bill removing the tenure of judges and other independent offices, he said the President has the power to hire and so he must have the power to fire. Within a week, he was the one who was fired. He forever regretted the words that he said. So, we need to be careful about what we do because, probably, the next morning, you may be the one who is visited with the tyranny."
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