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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "expansion of the jurisdiction of the mandate of the East African Court of Justice, you cannot be doing it while on the other hand, the Executive is creating a situation which goes contrary to what you are trying to advocate for through this legislation or Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this country has come a long way. You recall that in 1981, those of us who were of age then, in this very House, one afternoon, a Motion or an Amendment Bill to amend the Constitution was brought before this House and the Bill went through the First, Second and Third Readings. That Bill’s intention was to change the country’s Constitution by making the country turn away from being a de facto to a de jure state . That Bill was passed in a record of one day. We have seen attempts as late as today to re-enact the history and take us back to that very dark time where laws are amended and made purposely to serve the interest of a small ruling clique. Those who participated in that amendment that afternoon in the fullness of time ended up being its own victims. The people of this country will resist attempts by the leadership of Jubilee Administration to turn back the clock of change. This country will not for a moment accept. I am hearing a lot of cat-calls from people who need to listen, be educated by myself and learn from a veteran like me. I do not talk in this House anyhow. I am very clear on the rules of the House including the rule of relevance and, therefore, I can teach them a little more on that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what the country is saying is that we shall not accept the democratic gains to be reversed by a clique that if hell-bent on clinging onto power at whatever cost. This is very relevant."
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