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    "id": 1017348,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017348/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "CJ in his proximity to retirement has made some pronouncement that is trending will not solve this. This will be solved if we are allowed to continue and try to negotiate and resolve this in the same manner that my cousin, Sen. Wetangula and my nephew Sen. Sakaja resolved the Revenue Formula issue. We cannot just go home and expect magic to happen that the legislators who may come after us will solve it. We need to solve it now and to have time. We will not change. That is why sending home this team to bring another that will be constituted in terms of atoms and molecules the same way will not yield the results. The CJ must seriously think about offering solutions, but not making a decision that trends. Madam Deputy Speaker, as I conclude I will just look at what the law says. I agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Wako that this Constitution has contradictions. Article 81 says- The electoral system shall comply with the following principles— (a) freedom of citizens to exercise their political rights under Article 38; The one that is problematic (b) and you can see the ranking. It says- (b) not more than two-thirds of the members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender. That follows the first one. Article 38 (1) (3) (c) of the Constitution says: (3) Every adult citizen has the right, without unreasonable restrictions— (c) to be a candidate for public office, or office within a political party of which the citizen is a member and, if elected, to hold office. If the first right under political rights in Article 81---"
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