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    "id": 1037521,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1037521/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "It talks of effective participation of citizens in democratic and development processes; governance of public affairs; transparent and fairness in the management of public affairs; condemnation and rejection of any acts of corruption related offences and impunity; all these refer to the Maputo Declaration of 2003, which Kenya is a signatory. It also talks of strengthening political pluralism of the roles, rights and responsibilities of legally constituted political parties, including political parties in the Opposition, which would be given a status under the national law. When you look at the BBI, we are talking about issues of creating the office of the official opposition, which I think is a good improvement. However, Article 10 in Chapter 4 says that the State Parties shall entrench the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution in the political organisation of the State. It goes further to say that the State shall protect the right to equality before the law. The equal protection by the law is fundamental precondition for a just and democratic society. The State party shall ensure that the process of amendment or revision of their Constitution reposes the national consensus obtained if need be, through a referendum. Many of the players in this BBI are asking for national consensus. This is what this Charter is talking about. We must have a consensus. Everybody is equal and must be listened to, whether it is the church, civil society or any political party. We must have a national consensus, when we are making amendment to our Constitution. So, we must be alive to what we are assenting to. We are assenting to matters that make it mandatory for us to make sure that we have listened to each other and, if we are going to do any constitutional amendments, there must be consensus."
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