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    "id": 1056412,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1056412/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "I do not want to say much, but allow me to add that at the beginning of last year when the first Report of the BBI came out, we became over ambitious as the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) and we asked ourselves questions we are asking now. Perhaps in our little thinking, we may have come up with suggestions a little earlier, but where we are now, we want to move on as a country. As Members of the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee, we are happy we are moving on. I want to add my support. Where you think we are useful, we will be available even as the process continues. Again, I want to congratulate the 43 counties that have passed this Bill. It is good to thank them and even the people who came out to sign this document, the three million plus Kenyans. We need to thank them and support the process they passed. Finally, having looked at the BBI Report, it has many other possible constitutional amendments that can come moving forward. I think it is upon this Parliament and perhaps the coming Parliament to take up the leadership role. We should process the amendments that can be done through Parliament without waiting for another very expensive exercise to be ran through the country. I think we can play a more active role in the process of amending the Constitution. In so doing we will save the country some money and also help Kenyans implement the Constitution. I agree with the Leader of the Minority Party that in amending we are still implementing the Constitution. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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