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    "id": 906088,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/906088/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Section 31 is an existing law. You have the powers to amend the Leadership and Integrity Act. A person who holds a dual citizenship shall upon election or appointment of a State officer not take office before officially renouncing their citizenship in accordance with the provisions of the Kenya Citizens and Immigration Act No. 12 of 2011, which this House passed. So, if there is a Member of Parliament in this House who has violated this Section it is not our business to defend them. If there is a public or a State officer serving in the Judiciary or in the Executive or the counties, the law is very clear. The Committee has presented a Kenyan by the name Bishop Donald Kisaka Mwawasi versus the Attorney-General. He went to court and asked about his citizen of birth. The High Court and the Court of Appeal said, Section 35 of the Leadership and Integrity Act must be complied with. The law is not one that serves you when you want it. I will give you an example. If you are a High Commissioner or an ambassador, you represent a government and you represent a Head of State. In Particular, assuming Mwende has been posted in Seoul, Donald Trump the President of the American Government which she is a citizen, can one day say, all American citizens must"
}