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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and his Committee for doing a job that culminated in the reports that they have tabled in this House. To pick from where my colleagues have left, I note that the NADCO Report contains some very ambitious plans that this Committee rejected. I want to point out a few of the proposals that are contained in the Report that this Committee rejected. Interestingly, there is a proposal in the Report to extend the term of Senators from five years to seven years. Why would we need to extend the term of senators from five years to seven years? I am very happy that the Committee rejected that particular proposal because it goes to the heart of our Constitution, where it says that elections shall be held every five years for these particular offices. Why was a proposal made to increase the term of senators from five years to seven years? On entrenchment of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in the Constitution, the proposal undermines the presidential system of governance in Kenya. Article 108 of the Constitution provides for how parties are represented in Parliament. What our Constitution envisioned is that the minority will form the opposition and the majority will form the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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