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    "id": 903203,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Senate is when the Bill needs to come to this House because it affects the counties. I have given the broad proper interpretation of what affecting counties mean. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this impunity of just coming up with Bills that affect counties, some even on functions that are explicitly devolved like health and going off unscathed with impunity until you take it to the President to sign it into law, is something that must stop. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am made to understand that the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights intends to put a legal challenge. Many laws that have been passed and are in operation in this country can be deemed to be unconstitutional and can plunge us into a crisis. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have a more pragmatic approach that we dump it where it has reached and say that moving forward, once they pass this – because I believe that reason can prevail - this is the demeanor and the way we shall operate. This is the process that we shall take as both Houses of Parliament. Article 3 of the Constitution imposes an obligation on every person to respect, uphold and defend the Constitution. More specifically, Article 94(4) provides that Parliament shall protect this Constitution and promote the democratic governance of the Republic. Let us rise to the occasion and play our role in protecting the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. With those few remarks – I do not think I have used enough of my time – I beg to move. I would like to ask Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who is the co-sponsor of this Bill to second."
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