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    "id": 111030,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "of the fishing community is not going to be preserved if we come together with people who are cowboys, gold miners from California, and so on.” However, when he came to read the draft later after they had operationalized the Constitution, he discovered that the people of Boston were not being shortchanged! Today, I urge hon. Members to go to the regional assembly of Boston. They have a very big symbol of a fish. Mr. Kajwang, I know you come from a fishing community. A big fish is in the assembly and it rolls like this when debate is going on to constantly remind the people of Boston that their interest of fishing was preserved even in the Union. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having passed this draft as it is, we would like, in future, posterity to remember that we passed it when we were aware that it is not perfect and we could have improved on it a little. However, this is not the time to do that because we shall open a pandora’s box. We want to tell the future that Clause 26 which mentions abortion could have been improved this way. Why do you want to put in the Constitution of Kenya matters of consent between two people who agreed to go to bed in the absence of all Kenyans and the Constitution and got a child? It has no room there! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 170 refers to the Kadhis Courts. We would like Kenyans to know that this could have been done better, but we will leave it there because nobody will die from it. There was no need of mentioning the Kadhis Courts in the Constitution. All we needed to provide is that Kenya is a secular State. Once we provide that, we leave the rest to secondary legislation. If Muslims want Kadhis Courts, this Parliament will give them an Act of Parliament. If Hindus come, this Parliament will give them an Act. If Christians are not satisfied, they will be given an Act. Kadhis Courts have no room in this Constitution but because we want it to pass, let it pass. Future generations will address this matter. I would like to talk about Clause 22 which mentions the Controller and Auditor- General. As the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, I have seen the mischief of allowing somebody to be the Controller and Auditor-General when he is not a qualified accountant. My time is up. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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