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    "id": 1063930,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a Bill before us and its processing is captured both in the Constitution and our Standing Orders. I would propose that we debate this Bill with a very open mind of correcting the mistakes and wrongs that have been committed in this Bill. Arguments have been made here--- Some Senators said that they are more than the Senators of their counties, while others have said that their first recourse is to their counties. I want to go on record and say that the only reason I am here is because the great people of Kitui County gave me the mandate to represent them and their interests in this Senate. Therefore, when the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the legal and legitimate body that is the custodian of population data says that Kitui County should have been given an additional constituency--- When the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights captures that in their final Report, I will look very foolish, and I have no intention of doing so, to stand against such a verdict. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here to say that the Second Schedule of the Bill on Pages 26, 27 and 28 creates unnecessary confusion. As a House of Parliament, we should be able to expunge the Second Schedule from this Bill and leave the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to do the work of allocating constituencies in counties using the parameters as set out in the Constitution. The other thing that is a bit baffling about this Bill is that it seeks to amend the Constitution of Kenya 2010 that we are using to govern this country. But we are being told – I do not know who is saying this – that we cannot amend the Bill that seeks to amend the Constitution. That sounds very absurd. I want to go on record and say that to the extent that the Second Schedule continues to be part of this Bill – the Schedule that denies my county an extra constituency – I will oppose this Bill."
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