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    "id": 880926,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think this is a matter that is fundamental just like the previous one. Looking at the Constitution and based on what the Leader of the Majority Party has raised, Article 1, gives sovereign power to three arms of Government - Parliament, Executive and Judiciary. That particular Article of the Constitution says all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with this Constitution. So, all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and the people of Kenya decided to delegate that power to three arms of Government. What was the rationale of delegating powers to three arms of Government and not consolidating the same under one arm of Government? It is because the people of Kenya do not want any arm of Government to interfere with another arm of Government. I am one person who does not believe that one arm of Government should be superior and overwrite any other arm of Government. We have previously argued in this House when Judiciary attempts to interfere with our powers of legislation and we have said, let the Judiciary wait until we finish legislating then it can pronounce itself on the constitutionality or otherwise of legislation or statutes that we generate from this House. In the same vein, we expect the Executive to implement the laws that we pass. Now, when it comes to implementing Government projects and coming up with Government policies, that work belongs to the Executive. The only way through which Parliament can interact with a policy document is if it comes to this House through a sessional paper."
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