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    "id": 811187,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tom Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "I have also reflected on Article 159 of the Constitution, so that procedure should not have a pre-eminence over substance. These are issues that we need to bring up when and if they arise. First of all, sometimes I am amazed because Members are not in this House when we transact business. They are here when we transact sideshows. However, when we are transacting business, you do not see Members in the National Assembly. These are the things that make us legislators. In doing the best we can, we got in a few things that we need to disentangle ourselves from. One is the question of the Statutory Instruments Act. An instrument should only come before us, if we are annulling it, but not approving it. We had that debate before. There is a legal advice on the issue. For example, an Instrument such as this has been considered within the realms of the Statutory Instruments Act and should have come as a Motion. According to the Statutory Instruments Act, the committee should have just written a letter to the CS and allowed 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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