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    "id": 8869,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, my last point is this: He is talking about the Constitution and it does say: “At the end of the term of the current Parliament.” If we go to the interpretation of the statutes, the first rule is to give words their natural and ordinary meaning. The second rule is to interpret in a manner, things of a similar nature. They are interpreted – the ejusdem g eneris rule. Nowhere in the world, not even in dictatorial regimes, has the term of Parliament not been interpreted to include the elections. Therefore, if a term of Parliament is four years, elections must be within those four years. If it is five years, they must be within and not outside five years. Any interpretation that claims that the term of Parliament excludes the period of elections would lead to an absurdity. I do not think that Kenyans were looking for an absurdity. They were looking for an election date."
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