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    "id": 109268,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/109268/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to appeal not to the emotions of hon. Members, but to the sense of patriotism. We are engaged in a process and not an event. Constitution–making is a process and not an event. It is very important for hon. Members who are representing the people of Kenya to go on record as to why they did a,b,c, and d. If you go to the HANSARD, you will see what was said about the first Constitution that came out of the Lancaster House in 1961. You will also find what was said in 1963 when they were domesticating the Lancaster House Constitution. It is, therefore, important that the hon. Members who have submitted proposals for amendments be given an opportunity to say why they want those amendments so that it may go down on record. I know that some hon. Members could have brought amendments because I have also brought an amendment. Those Members will have the opportunity to withdraw those amendments so that we remain with the amendments whose proposals we would like to prosecute to the end. The House then has the opportunity to debate and dispose of those amendments. I know that some may have been dismissed because of very hard positions. However, there are amendments which might meet the approval of the House in total. So, even if we do not approve those amendments, it is important for us to state here for posterity, why we opposed those amendments. I, therefore, urge the House not to shoot down this Procedural Motion so that we give hon. Members an opportunity, if they do not finish today, to revisit the matter tomorrow morning before we come back in the afternoon. I support the Motion."
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