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    "id": 221281,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Marende",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Otiato Marende",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. Beginning from the point where we are in respect to the matters raised by Dr. Kituyi, I beg to disagree. That interpretation, in my view, is wrong. Article 9 says that if there be any amendment then it will come into effect upon the Attorney-General gazetting that amendment. 1366 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 16, 2007 As the prevailing position is now, there is no amendment that is known to this House. That is merely speculative. Indeed, Mr. Muturi in supporting the position taken by Dr. Kituyi said that those are proposed amendments. If amendments are proposed then they are not yet amendments. We cannot be bound by what is proposed. The Motion is legitimate and it says that if any amendments to the existing Treaty are to be proposed, then they should be submitted to the National Assembly for ratification. We are dealing with today and the future. We are not seeking to have retrospective application of this Motion. To that extent, this Motion is perfectly legitimate. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the greatest things that have happened to this region is the---"
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