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    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ara",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Nganga Kingara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.58, I wish to seek leave of the House to withdraw the Motion on the Designation and Gazettement of Areas and Streets for Demonstration and Picketing, whose debate was stayed on Thursday, 29th March 2018, and which, Hon. Speaker, you undertook to give guidance on its constitutionality. I am doing this after reconsideration and extensive consultations. As you are aware, the Motion concerned the need to guarantee that the enjoyment of rights and fundamental freedoms by any individual should not prejudice the rights and fundamental freedoms of others. It also concerned the undesirable effects of violent demonstrations and illustrated instances where the enjoyment and exercise of the rights under Article 37 has resulted in prejudice or infringement of the rights and fundamental freedoms of other citizens. The Motion draws concern to vices such as destruction of property, loss of lives, public disorder, theft and other negative consequences that innocent citizens suffer as a result of violent and unregulated demonstrations. The Motion is also clear that I had taken into consideration the constitutional rights protected under Article 37 of our Constitution: “Every person has the right, peaceably unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate to picket and to present petitions to public authorities”. The Motion also draws attention to the fact that the above right is not one of the rights that may not be outlined in Article 25 of the Constitution. With regard to the appropriate mechanism for limiting this particular fundamental right and freedom, it is now clear that under Article 24 of the Constitution, this can only be achieved by way of law. The Parliamentary The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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