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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "That is the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court. The Minister, through his own words, proposes to clarify the Constitution. That is the interpretation. That is not the function of the Minister. That is the function of the Judiciary as per the Constitution so that, if we go into the realm of interpreting the Constitution by Executive proposal, we are taking away the role of the Judiciary. The Constitution very clearly says that issues of interpretation of the Constitution are of the High Court. Finally, we have a history of these kinds of interpretations. The famous Ngei amendment was an issue of the Executive wanting to interpret the Constitution. The famous Change the Constitution Movement was the whole idea of the Executive trying to use constitutional amendment and this House to set the political agenda. I have not even gone to the fact that substantively, majority of these amendments are not necessary by an interpretation of the current Constitution. Since you have given me a short time, I will stop there. We strongly urge, as the Committee of Parliament charged with this responsibility, as a constitutional Committee, as a Committee that the Constitution has given mandate over this matter, that this matter be withdrawn. If the Minister wishes to discuss with Parliament, a parliamentary institute, we should be more than happy to listen. I oppose."
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