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    "id": 916600,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that we are in a constitutional moment and the Chairmen of the Building Bridges Initiatives (BBI), that is Sen. Wako and Sen. Haji, are from this House, we must aggressively pursue a constitutional change to restore the position of the Senate as to what the Senates are worldwide. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have agreed that we are going to court. We already are embolden by the advisory of the Supreme Court which we all went to court, including yourself. The Supreme Court said that it is an unimaginable to think of any legislation that does not touch on counties. If you talk of security, the theatre of security is in the county. If you talk of education, schools are found in the county. If you talk of any matter under Schedule Four, they are all in the counties. I urge the leadership of this country, both the Executive and the Legislature not to precipitate unnecessary political crisis in the country because Kenyans will go to court. Probably, Okiya Omtata is already in court to challenge the constitutionality and legality of the Appropriation Bill that has now been assented to. A good court addressing its mind properly to the law and the Constitution will annul that Act. We do not want this country to have this kind of legal ping pong. Every time we move forward, we have to move backward. Therefore, Senators, next week is the week for the Senate. Next week is the day when you must remember a movie called the Verdict where the lawyer says that ‘there is no other case, this is the case’. We must do so."
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