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    "id": 1059524,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "The centrality of our Constitution 2010 is the participation of the people of this country in everything we do, including but not limited to changing the Constitution. The people who have come before the Committee - we have been reading and listening to some of the things they have said - have raised extremely weighty issues. I want to expect that the Committee in preparation of their report should bring to the House not only a true and honest report of what members of the public, professional bodies and others have told them but also showing direction. The issues raised by the KNBS on the constituencies; the issues raised by IEBC on encroachment on its mandate and many other issues need to be dealt with so that when we go to the referendum and we are all ready to go out there and campaign to have these constitutional changes go through. We must do so with a clean conscience and carry along everybody, even the skeptics like the Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet who spoke here and left. We need to convince them that what we are doing is good for everybody, including him. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to ensure that the time we are looking for through the Committee is in tandem with the operations of the National Assembly. This is because I listened to my distinguished nephew, he does appear like having a joint Committee between this House and the “Lower House” is not working. You cannot have the “Upper” House and the “Lower” House, joint committees and then one House is giving directions without consulting the other. One would expect that, in fact, any Communication from the Chair from Speaker Hon. Muturi and Speaker Hon. Lusaka should be jointly prepared by the joint Committee. This is so that when they communicate to the Houses and the country they do not cause confusion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the reason they are working together is to bring a composite, reasoned and agreed direction that will help the country. The moment we start saying the House of Senate taking direction that looks different and inconsistent with the direction being taken by the National Assembly, then we are sowing seeds of loss going to the future. We want the process to go through. We want the changes to the Constitution to go through. However, wherever there is an issue we must listen to each other and change to the satisfaction of as many if not the majority of Kenyans. This is so that we have a Constitution that is agreed upon by all that will serve all. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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