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    "id": 111042,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyammo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Thombe Nyammo",
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    "content": "There is always a starting point and as a country, we cannot afford to make one step forward and two steps backwards. We have come a long way. We have entrusted this process to our own; the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). They have come with a proposal and, personally, I think it is very good. There are issues like the Kadhis courts. We have the Kadhis courts in our old Constitution. We will have them in this new Constitution. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to pose a question or two. when I look at the Kadhis courts I ask myself and for the people of Tetu, is it imposing any obligations on me and the Tetu people or Kenyan people? The answer is no. Is it taking away any rights from me, the people I represent of Tetu Constituency or the Kenyan people? The answer is no. Why do we want to remove it? Why do we want to amend it? We have an existing Constitution. The problem with this country is not lack of laws; it is that we do not have enough political power to enforce our laws. One can take a very simple example. Recently, the then Minister for Transport, Mr. Michuki, who came up with the “Michuki rules”. As soon as those rules were accepted and supported by other institutions, we saw some kind of sanity in the matatu industry. The Traffic Act still exists but because there are those who do not want to enforce those laws, that is why chaos persist. I want to repeat what has been said by many others. At no time shall we have a perfect document. Let us accept that this is an ongoing job. The Americans whose constitution has lasted for more than 200 years still think of amending it. It is for us to pass this Draft Constitution as it is, and consider amending it to suit Kenyans as the country develops. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we will be unfair to Kenyans who have been looking forward to a new Constitution for 20 years. We have engaged in all manner of tactics. Let us agree that this Constitution is not for a set of individuals; it is not for a tribe, it is not for a political party, but it is for Kenyans. Let us forget about our selfish motives and give Kenyans a new Constitution. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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