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    "id": 1106824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106824/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, nothing is really out of order. I am seeking your guidance because I have just heard Hon. Peter Kaluma on behalf the Chairman of Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee, table the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 40 of 2020). You will recall that during the Special Sitting that we had last month, the Member for Garissa Township, on a point of order, sought for your considered opinion on the issue of the basic structure of our Constitution. In view of what Hon. Kaluma has done this afternoon, I beseech you, before we proceed to the substantive work regarding this Amendment Bill, that in your wisdom, we be guided as a House on the question of basic structure. Hon. Speaker, I know that some of the provisions that are proposed in this Amendment Bill may touch on that issue of the basic structure. It will be good for the House to get your guidance before we consider anything substantive on this Bill. It has been quite a while and I know that the issues that we raised were weighty and it may take you some time to give us your considered view. I am appealing that you do guide the House before we get to consider what Hon. Peter Kaluma and his Committee may want the House to consider."
}