{"id":1378220,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1378220/?format=json","text_counter":1680,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kangema, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Peter Kihungi","speaker":null,"content":"Secondly, it has been stated that the amendments to the Constitution will be made through a parliamentary initiative. Some Members of Parliament have raised issues on whether we will go for a referendum or work with Article 256 of the Constitution on the popular initiative by Parliament. I wish that we could come to a consensus and work with the popular initiative in Article 256 of the Constitution, through which Parliament can raise the two-thirds majority needed to amend the Constitution. We need to agree on contentious issues."}