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    "id": 1046994,
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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": "legislate on their behalf. Outside the legislation, in a popular initiative, the people have a right. That is their product. It cannot be a product of the IEBC. It cannot be a product of the county assembly. It cannot be a sole product of the National Assembly and the Senate. In all whatever we are doing, the public must be involved. Hon. Speaker, what is the threshold for approval of a draft Bill by a county assembly? Is it a simple majority or two-thirds majority? This referendum law must clearly state the threshold that counties must meet to pass this draft Bill. As we speak, that is not in law. The passage of this Bill by county assemblies is unconstitutional. Prior to the introduction of a draft Bill in Parliament, upon approval by the county assemblies, it is brought to our respectable Speaker, Hon. Muturi. Can the Bill be redrafted without changing the substance to ensure that it takes the right form? The law is not clear. It is not even clear to the Speaker on the person who should introduce the Bill in the National Assembly. Is it the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party or the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs? That must be put in law. We must be very specific. Who sponsors such a Bill in Parliament in terms of introduction? What is the period for introduction of a draft Bill in Parliament and approval by the county assembly? How long can Parliament keep this Bill? Parliament can decide to stay with it for six months. We must have a timeline. If you look at the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission Act and the Referendum of 2010, each organ and step had a timeline. All these matters must be addressed specifically. I have heard people saying that we might not need a multiple choice system, but I want to ask them to relax. We might not need it during this referendum, but we might need it in five years. Do not freak when you hear a multiple choice system because we make laws for posterity. We must have in law the institution that decides whether we will have a multiple choice or a yes or no system. It must be left to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission."
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