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    "id": 15551,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Cheptumo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me start by saying that what my learned colleague has attributed to the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs is, perhaps, a personal statement. But I, indeed, agree with him that Article 89(4) of the new Constitution actually contradicts Section 27(3) of the Schedule Six of the Constitution. What then it means is that, unless we save that provision again as it was done for Article 89(2), then any review of the 80 new constituencies shall not be available for contest in 2012. That, indeed, is true, and I would like to thank the hon. Member for bringing forth this very serious provision of the Constitution which, if not dealt with, can cause a lot of problems next year. Therefore, what we have done, and I would like to be very clear--- I have always said that I have a duty to this House to state the truth so that we move together. The only way forward here is to exclude the same provisions of Article 89(4) the way we excluded Article 89(2). Shortly, there will be a Bill which will be tabled in the House – a constitutional amendment Bill – so that we are able to exclude that provision by amending Section 27(3) of Schedule Six of the Constitution. When that is done, I can assure my colleagues that we are going to be safe because we need the 80 new constituencies. Let me also say that when the Kenyan people were passing the Constitution, they - and even hon. Members - desired that we have the extra 80 constituencies. Every effort, therefore, must be made to ensure that we have those 80 constituencies available for contest in the 2012 elections."
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