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    "id": 1451856,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Rt Hon. Speaker. We need some little clarity on the steps that we will take as a House once we amend the Bill by adopting the reservations of the President. The Constitution says that when we have a referral, we have two options. The first one is, we can amend by accepting all the reservations of the President. We have still amended the Bill or we can review the reservations of the President and amend. In other words, we can introduce new clauses. If we introduce new clauses, the Constitution requires us to marshal two-thirds of the Membership. But even if we adopt the amendments as expressed by the President, all the reservations, which I hope we are all going to do, the Constitution requires us still to present a document from the House to the President for his assent to signify that all his reservations have been accepted and that the Bill has been formally terminated. May I read: “If Parliament amends the Bill fully accommodating the President’s reservations, the appropriate Speaker shall resubmit it to the President for assent.” So, we must send a document from the House to the President. That is what the Constitution says."
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