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    "id": 916676,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/916676/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution to this Statement. I want to state to the people of Nyamira County that I took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution that was enacted by the people of Kenya in 2010. It is shocking that people who have been elected to the prestigious Houses that we call Parliament, can question the right of any Kenyan to seek a constitutional interpretation on a constitutional issue where there is a clear dispute. Article 165(3)(d)(i) of the Constitution states that:- ‘(3) Subject to clause (5), the High Court shall have— (d) jurisdiction to hear any question respecting the interpretation of this Constitution including the determination of— (i) the question whether any law is inconsistent with or in contravention of this Constitution.’ Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Senate will move to the High Court because it wants the court to determine if we have Standing Orders that are in contravention of the Constitution that was enacted by the people of Kenya. The Senate would also want the court to determine if the action that has been consistently taken by the National Assembly is in contravention of this Constitution. That is the power that has been donated to the High Court. Article 165 says that one can present a petition to the High Court for it to determine if anything said to be done under the authority of this Constitution is in contravention or is inconsistent with the Constitution."
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