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    "id": 1425291,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1425291/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13589,
        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "It is important when the law is followed on the face of it, especially, the Constitution. When the constitutional provisions are as clear as they are now, in relation to the bicameral status and when the Constitution has made it clear what the role of each House is, then there is no need to have a Bill of Parliament that seeks to interpret the Constitution or amend it in one way or another. The spirit of the law of the Constitution must remain so that we leave the Constitution and the letter of the law as it was enacted by the people. The people of Kenya wrote the 2010 Constitution. Anyone wanting to amend it knows that there are provisions that go back to the people through a referendum and that there are provisions the two Houses can also amend. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can assure you from my experience that there have been many constitutional Bills seeking to amend the Constitution and they have never met the threshold required of two-thirds, even at the National Assembly. Those bills never made it here. That should be the standard and that is why I support you and the Committee of the Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAC) that this Bill fails the constitutional test and it should die here, get buried in the Senate and should never be resurrected at any one time. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and I oppose."
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