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    "id": 906113,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am discussing Article 260 of the Constitution. It supersedes any Act. Once there is an express provision in the Constitution on a matter, we should stick to it. To conclude my submission, this lady is going to be punished for things that were done by her parents. There are many Kenyans - she is not the only one - with such cases and they may come before this House for approval. This House has passed the nomination of people, including persons with integrity issues. When they were eventually posted to their respective offices, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission caught up with them and arrested them. So, this is a lady who wants to serve her country and the Constitution does not bar her from doing that. When she wanted to contest as a Member of Parliament in Kitui County, she was cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to run for the seat. Was the IEBC blind to her dual citizenship? Let us not victimize this lady today because it may just catch up with other people in the end. This is an issue that has been addressed properly under the progressive Constitution of Kenya, 2010, which we gave ourselves. There are people like Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o who have stayed outside this country for donkey years. Can we now say that if he comes back, he will not be a Kenyan? There are certain offices that you cannot serve when you have dual citizenship and there are others that you can serve. For example, you cannot serve as a Member of Parliament when you have dual citizenship, but you can serve as an ambassador when you have dual citizenship. In fact, you will be of more value. On the issue of President Donald Trump saying that he will lock them in, that is neither here nor there. It is a fact that Madam Mwende Mwinzi is a Kenyan. That is a fact that you cannot take away from her. It is also a fact that she was born in the USA and her mother is an American."
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