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    "id": 939348,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have listened keenly to the representation by my fellow Senators. I respect their views because they have raised cogent points. However, be that as it may, allow me to exercise my right of expression to, with all due respect, disagree with those issues that have been raised. An issue has been raised concerning what we call the doctrine of separation of power. That argument was originally crafted way back in the 1700 by Baron de Montesquieu, in his book, the Spirits of Law . His argument was that it is the work of the Judiciary to interpret laws, the work of Parliament to make laws, and the work of the Executive to execute law. He argued that you ought not to fuse all those powers in one institution. With all due respect, I strongly believe that we should allow the President to execute the law; we should give him that leeway to do that. The reason I disagree with this Statement is because it is failing to appreciate that the President is currently facing a major issue, which we tried to address yesterday. The issue was concerning a budget that was made by the previous CS for the national Treasury and Planning, which was unrealistic and not based on correct revenue projections. In order to address that issue, the President proceeded to advise the national Treasury to do what we call the austerity measures; to cut the budget. The budget for Parliament has been cut, and no one has raised any issue. The budget for the Judiciary has also been cut. I am surprised that this House is going to great lengths to talk about the Judiciary, whereas its own budget has been cut. To me, that is a contradiction---"
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