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    "id": 1384876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1384876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Having said that, I will only speak to one. I happened to have sat in the constitutional review process, first as a delegate representing the civil society and secondly as part of the 27-member select committee. So, I would actually call myself one of the founding mothers and fathers of the Constitution. I will not speak too much on the issue of protecting the constituencies because of the numbers since that was the spirit of the Constitution. When I hear people discussing the issue of the creation of new constituencies, a lot of us are misled and think, for instance, that by creating a district, you are getting a constituency. Unless we do a constitutional amendment and change the numbers and the formula that gives numbers, population remains a very big factor in getting constituencies. I would want to encourage those who want to get new constituencies within now and the next elections to either fake numbers since we are experts in Kenya in faking numbers or have children before that due date. Otherwise, the Constitution is very clear about the formula to attain those numbers. Having been a member of the review process, it is important to state that there are very clear constituencies that were indicated that they will be protected. It was agreed that they would be protected even though their numbers do not meet that threshold. Therefore, I support the fact that those constituencies should not lose their status when we have redistricting that will come before the next elections. Those are my few remarks in relation to the two. Thank you."
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