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    "id": 901450,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, personally I am happy that, whether by design or by default, the Bill was signed into law. That gives us an opportunity as the Senate to raise our antennas and look at the kind of impunity that takes place in this country. The Constitution and the law are very clear. We have the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the country with serious legal minds that are supposed to advise him. Even without taking the advice, having served as a Member of Parliament (MP) and understanding that it is subject to the Constitution and the law, he should have known that health is a devolved function and being a devolved function, the Senate input is mandatory. Since the input of the Senate is mandatory, this is a clear show of the contempt in which the Executive holds this House. A time has come when we must tell the President that if he took the advice of whoever advised him, he should know that he is being advised by incompetent people. I call upon the Senate to seize the opportunity and work with the other like- minded people in this country because we swore to protect and defend this Constitution. Therefore, it is upon us to ensure we live up to that spirit. Let us challenge the constitutionality of this particular law. This is the only way we can tell them that indeed the people that advise the President are either misleading or are purely incompetent. It is also important for them to know that one of the grounds for removal of people from offices according to the Constitution is incompetence. If there is an aspect of incompetence, then the agencies and institutions that are supposed to take up such matters of incompetence must move with speed and deal with such characters. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and rest my case."
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