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    "id": 939343,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "colleague talking about the Executive controlling the other arms of Government, by ensuring that the national Treasury is part of the Executive. That is where we went wrong. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the only way we can ensure that each arm of Government does its work effectively, is when we relook Article 219 of this Constitution. Currently, it only protects county governments. We are sitting here happy, because we know that this Constitution has protected the little money that we send to the county governments. It is about time that when we think about amending the Constitution, we think about coming up with different Appropriations Acts. We should define the shareable revenue differently, and share the revenue equally through the three different arms of Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are facing a very sad occasion in this country. On a daily basis, people are injured and they run to the courts. However, when they cannot get justice there, we might as well say that Kenya is a free country for someone to commit any crime. This is because you know that when you go to the Judiciary, they have no money to hear you. This is a worrisome trend. This House, all distinguished Senators and honorable MPs must rise up to the occasion. There is no way we will have a country called Kenya, if we violate this Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you talk about separation of power, a doctrine of constitutional law under which the three arms of Government are kept separate, we must respect that. If we do not respect that, then I think we are just living in a jungle. I recently heard the media replaying the clips of when the President was saying, “We shall revisit;” calling the Judiciary, “ hawa wakora .” I then wondered what the use of the “Handshake” is. I thought that the “Handshake” was supposed to come in so that it can heal all these problems. In fact, we are at a point where some people say that there is no longer an opposition in this country. It is really sad that sometimes some of us believe that the “Handshake” was only made to make certain people happy, yet it destroys others. As a young legislator, it is about time that we tell the Executive that what they are doing is wrong."
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