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    "id": 1065737,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1065737/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Boss Shollei",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Jepkosgei-boss Shollei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Upon reading this particular constitutional amendment Bill, also known as the BBI Bill, I am extremely disturbed. It is very clear and apparent that a vast majority of the proposals do not need a constitutional amendment to be affected. The bottom-line is mostly about creating political positions. This Bill will go down in history as one of the biggest frauds in Kenya’s legislative making process. As I oppose this Bill, I would like to point out a few examples of the reasons why it is a fraud and it is not necessary for us to have a constitutional amendment. For example, there is Clause 2 which proposes to make regional integration and cohesion as a way of Kenya achieving its economic goals. Actually, it is very absurd for Kenya to put that requirement in its own Constitution and yet our neighbours have not done the same. Basically, it is akin to making a constitutional change in order to achieve regional integration. It is like passing a law that I must make a friend of my neighbour. That does not require constitutional change. Usually, that can be done through treaties and other bilateral agreements, but not through constitutional change."
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