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    "id": 1346499,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have a Communication on a Notification of Legislative Proposals to Amend Articles 88 and 89 of the Constitution. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 114(7A), I wish to notify the House that I have approved the pre- publication scrutiny of two legislative proposals seeking to amend the Constitution by the Member for Mandera North Constituency, Hon. Major (Rtd) Bashir Sheikh Abdullahi and the Member for Thika Town Constituency, Hon Alice Ng’ang’a. The first proposal seeks to amend Article 88 of the Constitution to provide that, in instances where the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is not fully constituted, the Secretary to the IEBC shall discharge the duties and functions of the Commission with regard to the conduct of by-elections. The second proposal seeks to amend Article 89 of the Constitution to require the IEBC to ensure that the review of constituency boundaries does not result in the loss of a constituency that existed before the promulgation of the Constitution 2010. The manner of amending the Constitution through parliamentary initiative is provided for under Article 256 of the Constitution. Standing Order 114(7A) actualises this process in the National Assembly by providing as follows."
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