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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "Secondly, even further is that, my reading of the Presidential Memorandum is that it is not in itself an initiative to amend the Constitution. It is a proposal to this House. Members would realise that for the three arms of Government, it is Parliament through the National Assembly that is given constitutional power to legislate. For the arms of Government to speak to each other, the President is asking the arm mandated by the Constitution to debate. He is not telling us that this is a legislative proposal or a Bill. It has not come to this House as a Bill to amend the Constitution. It has come as a view by a citizen of the republic who is also the President. That citizen has a right to propose. This House has a right to debate. I suppose that is why we are doing a general debate to agree or disagree. At the time we agree, we shall have 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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