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    "id": 1065471,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this historic matter of amending the Constitution of Kenya. I want to start by thanking the joint Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of both the National Assembly and the Senate for the good work. I have had the opportunity to go through this Report and it is one of the best reports that I have ever read in this House. The Committee has tried to capture every small detail in the Bill. It has dissected every issue that required to be dissected. Parliament managed to assemble what I would call a committee of experts. In the joint Committee, we have around 28 members, out of whom 18 are lawyers of great reputation in this country. The Report they have submitted to us is competent, professional and good for this House. I would encourage fellow Members of Parliament to take their time and read the Report, so that the contributions we make are informed by the Report and not by what other people write out there. The second thing is that we are dealing with constitutional issues contained in the BBI Report. We still have legislative, policy and administrative issues which I want to ask the House to expedite. Particular Bills that we are supposed to deal with should be brought to this House so that we can finalise the BBI matters as soon as possible. Thirdly, I have been among the Members who have been saying that Parliament cannot be a bystander and a rubberstamp. However, reading through this Report and listening to the contribution of the Mover and Seconder, I am convinced that there is no room to amend this Bill. This Bill belongs to the people of Kenya. Our role under Article 257 is to pass or reject it. It would then go to the people of Kenya to make a decision. 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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