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    "id": 194878,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
        "slug": "martha-karua"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, could you, please, protect me from Members who cannot have the courtesy to wait for me to have my say? I want to refer to the Constitution which states, very clearly, in Section 1A that the Republic of Kenya shall be a multiparty democratic State. Actually, that presumes that, even in the House, there will be the Government and the Opposition. Our Standing Orders also presume that, at all times, there shall be the Government and the Official Opposition. So, what the Motion is seeking to do is not to introduce anything new, rather it is actually to regulate by statute a situation that is already present. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have all agreed that we need very fundamental constitutional and legal reforms. We actually need an overhaul of the Constitution. So, what this Motion is seeking to do is in line with the general agreement on introducing fundamental changes in the way we do things. To that extent, I support the Motion."
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