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    "id": 1046993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1046993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "It is not good if we cannot follow the Constitution, the statutes that we pass in this House and the supreme law. Then, we want to conduct a referendum without the existence of a referendum law. I want to ask very salient questions. This Bill must be passed very fast because if this Bill is not passed, there will be a lot of litigation on the conduct of any referendum. What does the verification process by the IEBC involve? This Bill must state it. The IEBC cannot have or verify one million signatures without a law. The verification process must be in law. There must be something in law. Chebukati and his team cannot have the luxury and say “You have not brought one million signatures” or “You have brought one million signatures”. This Bill must have it. What does the approval process by a county assembly involve? A law or a Bill must go through processes. The public participation has timelines. A county assembly cannot receive the Bill today, read it for the First Time and approve it tomorrow. It is a joke. The people of that county must be subjected to public participation. I want to thank the Speaker of the County Assembly of Nakuru. I watched him last night when he said: “I have received the Bill. We did First Reading. We are taking it to the public of Nakuru County. We will have a report. The report will be debated. There will a Committee of the whole House. The Bill will be passed”. That is the way. Public participation, within the reading of Article 118, is a principal Article in our Constitution. We are here because of Article 1. We are here because the people of Kenya gave us the sovereign right to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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