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    "id": 114429,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/114429/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "First, I would like to start – and I hope I will be fair – with the strong points in the President’s Speech. The President talked about the constitutional review process as many of us have said. I think his Speech was not only timely, but was also necessary. You will remember that when the first harmonized draft Constitution was released by the Committee of Experts (CoE), many of us wished, prayed and hoped that the two Principals, the President and the Prime Minister, would keep their opinions to themselves, until when many of us would have made their contributions. We felt that the position that they occupy politically, would interfere with the direction that the debate on the constitutional review process would take. But after a long debate; after public participation and after the CoE did its amendments and took it to the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) - which also did a commendable job - I think the time that the President made his opinion known that he supports the draft Constitution was very timely and necessary to move it forward. It is also gratifying and important to note that the other Principal, the Prime Minister, is also in support of the draft Constitution. I think Kenyans"
}