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    "id": 1291951,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This Petition which I support is a wakeup call and food for thought. A wake up call to the extent that we realize the need to amend the Constitution and make it more user friendly. When affirmative action was introduced in the Constitution, it was supposed to serve the principle of inclusivity and equal access to opportunities. With the benefit of hindsight, this has not been the case. This spirit only benefits party leaders directly or by default, their names are used to reward people purely on the basis of other considerations; shamelessly, including people nominating relatives, girlfriends and others selling out nominations. In a place like Kakamega County, there are two MCAs who have been nominated from a neighbouring county. In the pretext that they come from community ‘x’ which is a minority in Kakamega County. What stops that political party from nominating people from that community that is a minority in Kakamega, but of people who live and come from Kakamega County and vote in the county. I had the opportunity to be here in the 11th Parliament and a case arose where some leader had assisted a youth to be nominated. The youth was forced to surrender some of the perks to the fellow who assisted him to be nominated. In conclusion, it begs the question – in view of all the abusive things Members are speaking to, do we need nominations? Even if we need it, can we create enough chances to meet the demand? The people who deserve to be nominated are many. If you are floating only 800 chances for nominations, you are not responding to the eight million The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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