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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "when someone has those powers. Let such decisions be made with the approval of the National Police Service Commission. There is no hurry in this country. I have heard people say that the elections will delay when this Bill is passed, but I want to tell them that the term of Parliament is very specific under Article 102 of the Constitution. I have heard people tell the President that he is too young to retire and that Covid-19 delayed his projects yet the law is very clear. We have to fix this country at the end of the five years. Thomas Sankara, the celebrated leader who changed the name of Upper Volta, the country of upright men, to Burkina Faso, said that; ‘democracy and revolution and good governance belong to the convinced people. It does not belong to the concurred people. It does not belong to people who have resigned their fate. We must take charge of our destiny.’ This is the moment. Parliament has to do many amendments. I want to see my brother, the Minority Whip, our brilliant legal mind and the future governor of Makueni County, give us amendments that will help fine tune this document before we pass it. No one will kill us if we amend this document. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga will not kill us. Let us amend this document for the future of this country. Some of us still have a lot of time in this world. Some people are almost making phone calls in heaven because of their number of years, but some of us still have the opportunity. We want to see the future. I thank you and I reject this amendment."
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