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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Colleagues, I want to remind us a bit because I am also a legal expert and some of these things need to be pruned a bit, so that we go within the Constitution and the law. I respect Senior Counsel, Sen. Orengo’s, remarks about harmony. In my comments, I said that the institutions need one another. Parliament does not exist by itself. When we have a case we go to the courts. When courts want money, they come to Parliament and so forth. Montesquieu, one of the greatest philosophers in constitutionalism explained why there is need for checks and balances. He also explained why one institution as much as it is in harmony with others, it should guard its own terrain. He said and I quote: “Every man invested with power has the tendency to push it as far as it can go.” Every man or institution invested with power, the natural tendency is for him or institution to push it as far as it can go. For that reason, it is important for the three arms of Government to have some checks and balances. When one institution wants to encroach on the other too much, it says: “Come on, your freedom to thrown fists in the air stops where my nose is. This is because that freedom to throw fists in the air does not involve you punching my nose.” Hon. Colleagues, checks and balances are important. I am for institutional harmony and inter-harmony. However, the Senate is not a parastatal board. I want that to be clear. It is a House of Parliament and works within the law and structures. I do not know why anybody would think, for example, that the Senate is a place where are unsafe and their rights will not be respected. I am saying this because of the comments which have already been made, especially by Sen. Orengo. The governor has a right to be heard, but he does not have a duty to appear. It is a right. If he exercises his right not to appear, the Senate will continue with its business. This is because this is not about the governor; it is about the law and the people of Taita/Taveta. However, let me hear a few other comments. Please, relax and do not tense the discussion. Senate Majority Leader, I can see you have carried authorities and entireties."
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