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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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"content": "I believe that part of the recommendations that they will be making is one on the issue of how to make Africa a more cohesive society while taking into consideration the diverse nature of our society, especially in terms of region, language and religion. I believe that it is possible to either force people or tweak the rules such that the chairperson and the vice-chairperson may be people that are elected that represent, if not the three of those demographics, at least two of them. For example, from our Constitution, you must give it to the genius that insisted on the 50 per cent plus one rule. Therefore, they have forced the politician to form alliances. Otherwise, if it had been left to a simple majority, you never know what would have happened in this country. People will have long disappeared into tribal cocoons and mobilized themselves along those lines. However, because of that ingenuity, introducing a rule to the game, ensuring that for you, for example, to be elected President of Kenya, you must have the support of at least half of the people that---"
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