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    "id": 1066194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1066194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 69,
        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "We passed this Constitution and should try to implement it to the best extent possible for Kenyans to get the full benefit of it. This Constitution is the most progressive Constitution in the world and we must be proud of it. If we do not do that, then we have a serious problem. The patchwork being introduced in the Constitution, through these amendments, will leave this Constitution in a manner that we will not even be sure of its original form. My plain understanding of an amendment is that it is not supposed to do an overhaul, replace or repeal a document like this one. I invite other Members who have a similar view, those who have a similar perception and those who are patriotic enough not to agree with this. I did not hear any Kenyan propose the creation of other constituencies or increase of the number of Members of Parliament to 360 or 500. These people are not telling us the cost of that increase. The size of this Chamber and that of the National Assembly will have to be increased. All the other goodies that come with the office of a Member of Parliament is an extra cost and we do not need it. How I wish that there was a proposal to reduce the number of constituencies, work out within the 290 and ensure---"
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