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    "id": 1065411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1065411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "In our case, there were issues that were raised about the fairness of Schedule 2. There were issues that were raised about constitutionality and there were issues that were raised about completeness. I will not speak to them because they are in the document. To be fair, there are equally Members, including lawyers, who do not agree with me and they are entitled because in law, there is no strict answer to anything. There are those who believe that no constitutional amendment can be unconstitutional. What we have done, and that was the midway path, we put the view on constitutionality and the view on unconstitutionality. What we did not do is there was a serious push by some of the Members of the Committee to suggest that we severe Schedule 2 and remove it. However, we all agreed that because Schedule 2 is part of the document and we had agreed that we cannot make substantive changes to the document, it must go with the document. Therefore, what it has done is that it has given Members of this House the opportunity to look at it and make up their minds. What is important is that it is merely an observation. It has nothing to do with the document itself. For the document, it must go as it is."
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