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    "id": 1228025,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1228025/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " I also want to support the request by this Joint Committee to extend time and allow them more time to look at this matter. A constitutional amendment is a weighty issue. This is probably going to be the first successful constitutional amendment in this country since 2010, when we enacted the present Constitution. Therefore, we need to get it right. The funds we need to entrench in the Constitution are very important to this country. The National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) and the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) are two important funds that have made a difference in the lives of Kenyans. We need to make sure that there is no loophole when we are entrenching them. Therefore, this Committee needs more time to tighten up and bring to this House a comprehensive constitutional amendment that is touching on those funds. I agree that they need more time. This time round, make sure the 90 days are sufficient for you, as a Committee. The longer we take in entrenching these funds, the more we expose them to possible court actions that may be at the detriment of the people of Kenya. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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