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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rabai, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Mwamkale",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamoti Mwamkale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I disclose that I am a member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee which really sifted through this Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. On that note, I thank our Speaker for the ruling that he gave in this House. Indeed, there have been doubts on this document not only in the House but even out there. It has been in the social and mainstream media that there were two versions of the document. The Speaker put it clearly that, indeed, if there are any differences then they can only be said to be typos. We were told there are two versions of this document. One of the documents cites Article 87(7) while the other one cites Article 89(7). Hon. Speaker did put it right in his ruling that indeed there is no such a thing or there is no Article 87(7). It is an article that does not exist. Go to your Constitution 2010 and look for Article 87(7). It is not there. Article 87 ends at (3). So, indeed these were typos and the ruling of the Speaker really puts this nation at peace as far as this document is concerned. Another issue that social media capitalised on was that this was not a popular initiative document as indicated. However, I am inviting the people to look at the process and not the origin of the idea. It is the process that will determine whether this is a popular initiative or not. It is clear even in our Constitution 2010 that a popular initiative is one that is backed by the people and comes from the people. To appreciate this, people should look at the episodes before the handshake and the handshake itself. Indeed, that history will make people appreciate that we have a document that is going to solve our problems. Hon. Deputy Speaker, these amendments address all the nine points that were identified after the handshake. The nine points were debated by members of the public. The BBI taskforce The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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