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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Tom Macharia",
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    "content": "As I said, hon. Senator for Kisumu County, at page 429, which would be paragraph 20, subparagraph (o), that is the first proviso there was. It states: “Further terms, parameters and details of the sharing of positions of responsibility in the National Government pursuant to this Article shall be contained in a separate Schedule to this agreement, which shall be negotiated and executed before the date of the general election scheduled on 9th August 2022.” So, this was not a final agreement. My understanding is that there were further schedules. I do not know what those schedules said. They are not available at the Registrar of Political Parties. They may very well have included all the counties you asked for. Maybe Kisumu was in the subsequent schedule. I do not know. Secondly, the drafters of this schedule, as I have said, were careful to stay within the confines of the Constitution because at paragraph 22, subparagraph (g), this is what they said. “Notwithstanding the content of this Article, the founding member parties hereby commit to make any adjustments that may be necessary to accommodate the development priorities of other parts of the country to ensure equitable distribution of Kenya's national resources and wealth for the benefit of every citizen and every part of Kenya.” So, those are proviso to ensure that the document was constitutional. Perhaps, while I am on that issue, I might as well answer my good friend, Sen. Okiya Omtatah’s question. I am not yet masterfully a judge. I cannot say whether the Kenya-Kwanza Coalition is unconstitutional. Somebody will have to move to court for that determination to be made. However, I said that in 2005, I had the privilege in participating in a case involving the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the National Rainbow Coalition- Kenya (NARC- Kenya). That was struck down because the law had no underpinning making room for it. That brings me to the question raised by Sen. Mumma, which is the political parties section. There is not one, there are several. If you go to Schedule 3(b) (c), (d) and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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