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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me this opportunity to just react to what the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has said. Listening carefully to the Minister, he said that Section 18 of the former Constitution, which he went ahead to read, is saved by this Constitution. I do not see anywhere where Section 18 of the former Constitution is saved in the current Constitution. Actually, the sections that are saved by this Constitution are explicitly stated as extension of application of the provisions of the former Constitution. In fact, they are listed and they start from Section 30. Not anywhere in the current Constitution can you find--- Even the one before states: “---until Parliament passes the Act and it is effected in Articles 15 and 18 of the current Constitution, Section 93 of the former Constitution continues to apply.” So, Section 93 of the former Constitution is what is saved and not Sections15 and 18 of the former Constitution. I think the Minister is misleading the House by referring to those sections of the former Constitution which are not saved anywhere by the current Constitution. Further, even after this Constitution has saved some sections of the former Constitution, the Committee of Experts (CoE) in their wisdom decided to go ahead to explicitly state the functions which the Attorney-General needs to carry out. That was not in vain but for a purpose. So, the Minister needs to respect the current Constitution."
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