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    "id": 1064093,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1064093/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if Members listened for the logical conclusion of an argument, even what Sen. Cheruiyot and Sen. Hargura are asking will not be a question. Our Standing Orders are clear. When someone rises on a point of order, let them say what is out of order. This is because all we have had are points of arguments. Despite all the poetry we have heard about delimitation, no one has given a contrary definition. This is because, that is the definition that is there. Allocation of constituencies is one thing and delimitation is deciding exactly where in that area it is. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the same way Sen. (Eng.) Hargura says it must be done by population quota, in this Constitution that we have, the Schedule spoke about 27 constituencies which fell below the population quota and said they will not be touched. That was a Schedule. The Schedule is part of the Bill. It is not an inferior part of the Bill. That Schedule became part of the Constitution today. In the same way, and Sen. Cheruiyot is asking, why is it that Kenyans can say they want 70 more constituencies and say where they are? If that is unconstitutional then what you are saying as well is that Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri’s people, having passed the"
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