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    "id": 861813,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/861813/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Secondly, we have had a challenge. In many of the regulations that we have annulled, we have had a challenge on the question of public participation. The Constitution is explicitly clear that Members of Parliament or any State organ that purports to make laws do so on behalf of the people of Kenya. Consequently, the people of Kenya must be involved in law-making through their representatives and through their contribution in their own right as members of this country. When we looked at Judiciary Fund Regulations that were submitted to the Committee for review, there was no explanatory memorandum. So, we were unable to understand or appreciate the extent of public participation undertaking. When they came to present, a basic inquiry indicated that there was no public participation as understood in the spirit of the Constitution."
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