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    "id": 1228442,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1228442/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can assure the Senators in the House that I have no intention of doing 51 minutes. I will be brief because I had said many of the things that I had wanted to say that afternoon. Nonetheless, here is something that I just want to conclude on, having read through Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for purposes of reference, the Bill seeks to give life to Article 43 of our Constitution on economic and social rights. I do not believe that it is out of idle duty that the drafters of our Constitution included any phrase, letter, comma or full stop, to be part and parcel of our Constitution. Despite the fact that Kenyans unanimously voted and agreed that this now be the sovereign document that guides us as a people, it is still under threat and abuse by the people I had earlier on referred to. When our colleagues on the Minority side – specifically those from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party – ran short of constitutional clauses to defend their bad habits, they normally resort to Article 1, which says sovereignty and power belongs to the people. However, they never read further downwards about what the Article says and what it demands of us and how that power is to be exercised. As I conclude on this Bill, I do not want to focus my contributions on that. I want us to think through on Article 43 of our Constitution. If you read through, each Kenyan is guaranteed of these rights. Whether you are in Mandera, Marsabit, Kericho, Laikipia, Makueni, Lamu and every corner of this country, you are guaranteed of these rights. They are supposed to enjoy the highest attainable standards of health, which includes the right to healthcare services and reproductive health and accessible and adequate housing. We have had this conversation about housing in the last few days. When it has become difficult for our colleagues to demonstrate and an opportunity has presented"
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