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    "id": 1065764,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support the BBI Bill before this honourable House. This is a historical moment because we have the privilege of being present in this House to amend the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 for the first time through a popular initiative. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. I was involved in the deliberations that took place at Windsor for an entire week. Therefore, I have been part and parcel of constitution-making if this Bill is to pass in the referendum and crystallise into our Constitution. I need to start by quoting Abraham Lincoln who said, “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it…” This is exactly what we are doing. The people of this country are exercising their right to amend the Constitution and the BBI is grounded on the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister, Raila Amollo Odinga. The many times when we have had general elections, violence always ensued after the declaration of the presidential winner and, of course, the parliamentary winners. Furthermore, the purpose of this was to ensure that we remove this cyclical violence that ensues immediately after every election. The handshake is a peace maker. I come from Nyeri. It has been said before by others that Nyeri never benefited from this BBI. Nothing could be further from the truth than that statement. Nyeri has three protected constituencies, that is, Mukurweini, Tetu and 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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