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    "id": 1065568,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to express my gratitude to the two Statesmen who came up with this idea that they will try the promise of our Constitution by improving it when necessary. The promoters of this Bill went out of their way, under very difficult circumstances. No one imagined that the former Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, and His Excellency the President, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta would shake hands and agree on a single path forward. This is commendable and we congratulate them for this singular achievement. I will speak to this Bill in three major topics, the process, the provisions of the Bill, then I will give my recommendations going forward. The Bill and the handshake had very good intentions. I was out of this Parliament when the two gentlemen shook hands, fighting my way back in. When I came back, I found a House that was so divided. A House that had been chunked into a BBI and anti-BBI. A House where Members singly and in their own opinion decided that this is a BBI proponent and this one is a BBI opponent. For about two years now, this House has 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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