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    "id": 1057060,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to add my voice to what the Senior Counsel, Sen. Orengo, and my good friend, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., have raised in regard to the processes and your admission that when you sat with the Speaker of the National Assembly, you realized that our procedures are inadequate in trying to address how we need to treat this kind of a Bill. This is because this is the first time that it is being introduced in Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that it is important to do wider consultation on this. Indeed, in my view, the Senior Counsel, Sen. Orengo’s interpretation of Articles 256 and 257 is correct. What I am left wondering is that if indeed we have to follow what is clearly stipulated in Article 257 and going by your Communication that you will be publishing a Gazette Notice in the newspapers within the week to call people to submit memoranda and other things in regard to this Bill. If, indeed, it is true that the procedure that we want to adopt is that this Bill cannot be amended, then what will be the need, or what reason for us putting it to public participation yet it is expected that the county assemblies have gone through these processes? My understanding of public participation is that, it can never be in vain. Why we put that provision under Article 10 is at least to get the reasoning, ideas of the people and how they would want their input in a certain Bill. It is expected that those people collecting ideas during this public participation, their input must be captured in that report or even must advice the amendments that should be in the Bill. If the process that we want to take is that this Bill cannot be amended, then I also do not find there being any need for that participation. That is why I am saying that since this is new then, probably, legal minds should sit down, look at it critically and look at the history, whether there is any other jurisdiction that had such a Bill and advise and get the best position possible that we can use. The manner in which we treat this will also guide how future Bills will be treated, especially when they are meant to inform constitutional changes. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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