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    "id": 1214735,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion on the amendment of our Constitution at this moment. This is the right time to come up with amendments since our Constitution was promulgated in 2010, even though it has not been implemented to the letter. There are provisions that have not been legislated upon as per the Articles of the Constitution. Such Articles require to be amended. It is the right time to amend them. There are constituencies that are said to have been protected by the Constitution up to 2024. We have only one year. By 2024, some constituencies may be scrapped because they do not meet the population threshold as per the Constitution. It is high time we amended the Constitution despite where the proposal emanates from. What is important is amending the Constitution. When we get to the stage of amending the Constitution, I will bring an amendment with respect to the threatened constituencies. Scrapping off constituencies will be a source of chaos. The idea of amending the Constitution to entrench NG-CDF and NGAAF should be accommodated by every Member of this Parliament. Without those funds, we are left at the mercy of those who call the shots, possibly the Executive. The Executive may decide that we have NG-CDF today, and tomorrow another Executive may say we should not have it. We are at the mercy of activists in this Republic of Kenya. Activists sleep one night and the following day, they go to court to say that NG-CDF is not constitutional. That is why I support a constitutional amendment to entrench NGAAF and NG-CDF. On CSs coming to this House, we will address the issue at the right time. As one of the people who campaigned for this Constitution in 2010, those are strangers in this House. Despite the side I belong to in the house, they are strangers. As an advocate, I will not be intimidated by anybody to support what is wrong. It is wrong and it is wrong. We are supposed to support what is right. That is all. I support the Motion as it is."
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