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    "id": 733081,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. Clearly, what is under threat is Article 95 of the Constitution on the role of the National Assembly of overseeing and discussing matters of concern to our people. Further to that, the affront here by the court is towards Article 125 (1) which says: “Either House of Parliament, and any of its committees, has power to summon any person to appear before it for the purpose of giving evidence or providing information.” Article 125 (2) says: “For the purposes of Clause (1), a House of Parliament and any of its committees has the same powers as the High Court.” For us, when that matter came before this House, it was constitutional. Over the period we have sat in this House in the 11th Parliament, on many occasions, you have given Solomonic wisdom to this House, particularly with regard to separation of powers. The major area of concern for me as a legislator, is that even corruption in Kenya has been defeated in courts rather than in this House or if we may say further, within the Executive. For this reason, when the National Assembly deliberates it does so, on matters of critical concern to this nation. Hon. Members have said that the Chief Justice cannot be mentioned. It is President Eisenhower who said that the buck must stop somewhere. If he is the president of the courts of Kenya, then the buck must stop with him. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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