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    "id": 105308,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/105308/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is one very legitimate question asked by Eng. Maina but I think the Prime Minister has not addressed it quite adequately. For a Constitution to govern people, it must be legitimately owned. I think for any legitimacy, it borders more on acceptance. One thing that we must have skipped in the review, and I have acquainted myself with the review process, is that Eng. Maina asked what will happen if almost half of the voters say “No” to a Constitution and it is passed with a majority of 50 plus one vote? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is another angle here. We are banking on an attitude that Kenyans will come en masse and vote for this Constitution. We hope and pray that, that will happen. However, what will happen in case only one million Kenyans turn out to vote and only 50 plus one per cent of those Kenyans who go to vote say “Yes” to this Constitution and we expect it to legitimately hold this country together? We would not want to have wishful thinking and just expect and pray that things will turn that way. However, it is better to anchor things better in a law. I would like to ask the Prime Minister whether he has envisaged that such a thing would happen and how we would forestall such a happening."
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