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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me take this opportunity, first of all, to thank the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee, Mr. Abdikadir and his deputy for the good work they have done so far. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Committee of Experts (CoE) for the work they did. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are a few issues which this House has been debating for a long time, all the way from Naivasha to the Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) and up to this House. For all that time, hon. Members have not been able to come to a consensus on how to handle these issues. Before I proceed, I want to make my stand very clear. The first thing we need to do is to give Kenyans a new Constitution. We know that there are very many amendments that are required to be done. We all agree that there are problems in various areas, but let us be amending a new Constitution; let us give Kenyans a new Constitution, then thereafter we can think of amendments. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the number of amendments on the Floor are clear indications that if we attempted to alter anything in the Constitution at the moment, it would not be something that would have been thought through seriously, because any amendment must also co-ordinate the entire document. There are interests in this document; everybody is coming up with an issue that he feels touches him, his community or the region he comes from. But we have not taken time to see the effects of the changes we are proposing to the other ends of this Constitution."
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