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    "id": 1067702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Kositany",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Kipkemei Kositany",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on behalf of the people of Soy Constituency, who sent me to this House, and are my employers, to give my views on the constitutional amendment Bill. Before I proceed, allow me to thank the three Os who sat in the Committee that came up with this Bill, namely, Otiende Amollo, Orengo and Omogeni. I congratulate them because they were appointed to that committee based on merit. Unfortunately, because they stood by the truth and the law, which they are so schooled on and understand, one of them has been removed from a parliamentary committee. The BBI Bill is widely spoken about, but very unpopular. There is a Kiswahili saying that states that k izuri chajiuza, kibaya chajitembeza . I am very uncomfortable debating this Bill at a time when we have more serious priorities as a country. Other nations are discussing how to vaccinate their populations and manufacture vaccines, but we are the only country in the world which, in the midst of a pandemic, is discussing a change of the Constitution. I am very reserved when I hear my colleagues calling this a popular initiative. As an elected Member from Uasin Gishu County, we are benefitting by getting three constituencies that we never asked for because our views were not considered. There are Members in this House who will vote yes for the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and yet their counties will lose. This is because of the intimidation or coercion that is going on with this Bill. From where I sit, the views of the people of Uasin Gishu County were not collected in a popular manner. When we were collecting views for the Constitution 2010, the Taskforce came to Eldoret Town Hall where there were public address systems. All the people who wanted to contribute did it. However, this time, they came and went to Nobo Hotel, and called the people who support the BBI. These are robots who were choreographed to give contributions that would favour the BBI."
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