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"content": "I want to join my colleagues in supporting the Draft Constitution that is before the House. From the outset, I want to congratulate this House and those who crafted the Constitution of Kenya Review Act, 2008 because of the way it has laid out all the steps in a proper manner, to ensure that we realise the new Constitution which Kenyans have fought for, for a long time. From the outset, the Review Act recognises the Committee of Experts as one of the key organs of the review. In doing that, the Act ensures the independence of the Committee of Experts - by ensuring that the people who are on that Committee had their qualifications clearly spelt out; so, they are real experts. In addition, the same Act has also ensured that we borrow expertise from outside this country in order to ensure independence and to bring in that expertise that is going to add value to the review process. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Article 16, the Committee of Experts was expressly given the independence to ensure that they should not at any time be subjected to control of any person and authority. So I am not surprised, therefore, that this document has been very thorough and revolutionary in all aspects. The same document has laid the foundation for a good Constitution. It has spelt out very clearly, the framework within which this Constitution is expected to be crafted. If you look at Article 4, it says:- âThe Objects and purpose of the review of the Constitution is to secure provision therein of promoting the peopleâs participation in the governance of the country through democratic, free, fair elections and the devolution and exercise of powerâ. Times have changed and we cannot continue doing things the same way we did them in 1963 or before then."
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