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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker and good friend. First of all, I rise to support this Motion. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when you were giving your remarks or contributions, I followed keenly and to some extent, you did not convince me on one of the aspects which you alluded we should look into critically, so that it does not land in the courts and is thrown out because of a few legal technicalities. I agree with you that the President is only inviting us to give our views since this is not a Bill but a proposal. Of course, he is a gentleman and not “Mr. know it all”. He wants to pick a few things from you, Beatrice, others and me. He wants to understand if we are in a true presidential system and then how do we bring the Opposition in Parliament. These are issues he wants to look at critically and make a decision after actual legislation. Another issue I agree with you is we should look at this devoid of politics. Let us avoid politics when discussing because sometimes we play to the gallery and forget what this House is meant to do. I totally agree with you that we need to look at this request devoid of politics so that we can give our best. Did the President mean well when he made this request through a memorandum? I want to say yes. He meant well for this country because he has seen what is ailing it. He has just given us a proposal and it is up to us to improve it so that we can achieve what he intends for this country. The first thing I want to address, and which has been said by many speakers, is whether we need to have a referendum. 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."
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