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    "id": 1067100,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1067100/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu East, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shakeel Shabbir",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 140,
        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, let me confirm that I support the BBI Bill that resulted from the sacrifice and dedication that the two principles had to make to bring peace to us after the divisive elections of 2017. I was in the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) and my number was 406. We were fighting to put together a new Constitution. I can remember how we worked. At one time we sang: “ Yote yawezekana bila Moi .” We came up with a zero draft. That draft was taken to Naivasha and it was butchered. That draft had a hybrid system that had a President and a Prime Minister. Today, I have heard from my dear friend, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, that she was one of the Members who butchered it. So, what they did is that they took us back. The BBI Bill is here to bring back sanity. Over 600 people sat for two years in the CKRC to work out a way forward. We talked and some of us suffered. We have been inhaling tear gas since 1992. So, when I hear from Millie Odhiambo say that she went and butchered the CKRC…"
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