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    "id": 1065876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1065876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "“That when life was short, nasty and brutal, we surrendered and created a sovereignty where all or some individuals could exercise this power”. If you say that Parliament is just playing a salutary role in this process, and that we should not give an input, then we are abdicating our responsibility to Kenyans. Therefore, I hope that when the time comes, Sen. Kang’ata, Sen. Wambua and I, will be allowed to amend and refine this Bill during the Committee of the Whole Stage. The same people who are telling us that there is room for amendment are the same ones who told us in 2010 during the 2010 constitutional amendments process that ‘ tupitishehalafu tutarekebisha baadaye . Now, they are repeating the same lie and we cannot allow that to happen again. We must do the right thing at the right time. We are tired of amending the Constitution after every ten years to suit particular political interests. It is unfortunate that President Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga are giving Kenyans the kiss of Judas; the kiss of betrayal. I am disappointed with my party leader. When we re-elected him, after the Supreme Court nullified his election, he promised Kenyans the Big Four Agenda. As a Member of Jubilee Party, we never sat anywhere and said one of the agenda is constitutional amendment. This is a kiss of Judas to the 47.5 million Kenyans, who should have stopped wearing chains of slavery, corruption, poverty, poor governance. They should be wearing the star of liberty, prosperity and success for this nation."
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