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    "id": 1065418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Kemosi",
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kemosi Mogaka",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, there are some proposed amendments which I do not agree with. Clause 5 of the Bill proposes to amend Article 31 of the Constitution on privacy to include the right of people not to have their personal data infringed. That is a good provision because it will protect the privacy of Kenyans from their data being infringed. Recently, we had the Huduma Namba whose data is being stored by the Government. This provision will go hand in hand to protect the privacy of the said data. Clause 6 of the Bill seeks to amend Article 80 of the Constitution to provide for expeditious investigation, prosecution and trial of corruption cases. This particular proposal provides that under the Constitution, this House can enact legislation to provide for expeditious trial of corruption cases. In my view, this particular provision or proposal can as well be captured in an ordinary legislation or statute without providing for the same under the Constitution of Kenya. Clause 9 of the Bill proposes to amend Article 88 of the Constitution to mandate the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to ensure that not more than two-thirds of the candidates of a political party are of the same gender. This provision serves the right purpose and will go a long way to solve the issue of gender parity, which has not been resolved, although it is provided for under the Constitution of Kenya. The question that begs is this: If people of a certain gender are not eager to run for parliamentary seats in an election, what happens to a political party? Can a political party force a certain gender to contest so as to realise that very particular provision? That is not very clear. Further, Clause 16 of the Bill proposes to insert a new Article 107 on the Leader of Official Opposition in the Constitution. The Leader of the Official Opposition should be the person who received the second greatest number of votes in a presidential election. This is a good provision because it will not only provide vibrancy of the House, but will go a long way to check the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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