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    "id": 223227,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/223227/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Constitution of Kenya Review Bill be now read the Second Time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is part of a package of Bills negotiated and agreed upon by the Multi-Sectoral Review Forum on the Constitutional Review, established following the resolution of the Inter-Parties Consultative Forum on Constitutional Review, held at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, on 15th September, 2006. You will recall that in 2005, we had a referendum on the proposed new Constitution, with the result that Kenyans rejected the proposed new Constitution. In January, 2006, the President appointed the Committee of Eminent Persons, which made a Report indicating that Kenyans still wanted a comprehensive review of the Constitution. Following this, I did, with Members of Parliament, hold informal discussions in my office, after which those discussions were formalised and resulted in the Inter-Parties Consultative Forum, held at Safari Park Hotel in September, 2006. This forum was constituted for the purpose of exploring ways to revive the constitutional review process, consequent upon the expiry earlier on of the Constitutional Review Act, Cap.3A, Laws of Kenya, after the defeat of the proposed new Constitution at the referendum."
}