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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one time I came to this Parliament as a visitor. I came to the Gallery on the day the Section 2A was introduced into our Constitution. I was then a young lecturer at the Kenya Polytechnic. I was disturbed that Parliament was likely to amend the Constitution to say that Kenya will from henceforth be a de jure one party state. While in the Gallery, the Mover of the Motion, the then first Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya, who had been defending the Constitution after the first President died and said that we cannot change the Constitution for certain people who wanted to stop the second President from taking over, changed his tone that day. When he stood up, he carried the Constitution in his right hand and said: “This House made this Constitution and this House will this afternoon amend this Constitution.” I was shocked. So, while seated there, he quickly gave a chance to our current President to support and he did it in very few words. There were some young parliamentarians including Messrs. James Orengo, Koigi Wamwere and Abuya Abuya.They were referred to as Seven bearded sisters. One of them stood up on a point of order because the debate was being closed before hon. Members debated. I remember the Attorney-General standing here and saying: “Mr. Speaker, Sir, who is that?” I saw hon. Orengo and Abuya Abuya duck under their chairs. That was the power of impunity and that is what has brought us here."
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