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    "id": 1066006,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to complete what I was talking about last week. A Constitution is an important document that guides development framework, ethos of a country, and also an instrument for good governance. Therefore, any amendment brought to it must be very important. My expectation to this instrument is that it should have been presented in a very utilitarian manner. I expected it to be designed in a useful and pragmatic way. To the contrary, it does not meet all those standards. I will begin with the office of the Prime Minister. This is an important office that requires immunity and should not be open to abuse. You will realize that the office is under the mercies of the President. This office is not reliable; it is open to abuse. If the President gets into a ‘handshake’ with a friend, it will be easy for him to undermine this office or even get rid of it, unlike the current office of the Deputy President. The impeachment or removal of the Prime Minister and the deputies should be brought to the Senate, a House of reason, for this House to exercise justice and fairness to that office. I am not convinced on matters inclusivity. I do not understand how the 42 plus tribes in this country have been captured in the executive position. I am not convinced and I think that what is captured is a sweetener that was created to convince people that the post-election violence always come as a result of lack of inclusivity. Post-election violence has been there because those who have been defeated refuse to accept defeat, and that is what should have been addressed. I am also not convinced with the creation of the office of the Ombudsman in the Judiciary. That is a retrogressive action. This country has come a long way. This issue was addressed by the Constitution, 2010. From my reading, I have found that the Ombudsman’s office and the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) overlapped in most of their functions. The overlap creates a lacuna and conflict in the same office. My recommendation is that this Bill should have strengthened the JSC. I am also concerned with the creation of other offices, which are burdensome to the taxpayers. The office of the Prime Minister and the two deputies, the office of the ombudsman and creation of the 70 constituencies are a grade up burden to the taxpayers. I would have wished that another robust Bill and amendment that will relieve the taxpayers be brought."
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