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    "id": 1194611,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1194611/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Mwenje",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Theuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to support this proposal, and thank Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu for bringing it to the Floor. It is long overdue. It is the first time this Parliament will have a chance to amend the Constitution since it was promulgated in 2010. This amendment should be immune from the Judiciary and the Executive, and should have a by-partisan approach that we have seen so far. As mentioned by some of our colleagues, we need to informally engage the Senate regarding these amendments so that we can ensure a smooth process and avoid any conflict of roles and laws that may come about. I would encourage the drafters, as they form a National Assembly caucus, to consider liaising with our colleagues in the Senate. The NG-CDF is the most visible fund in this country today. Of the 290 constituencies that we have in this country, you will see what the NG-CDF has done since its inception in 2003 under the late President Kibaki. As a House, we should first protect this fund, which is the brain child of the then Parliament and the then President, who saw it fit to support the creation of the NG-CDF. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}