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    "id": 296936,
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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Nuh Nassir Abdi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, at least, I am glad that hon. Kimunya has not gone to any law school. Maybe that is the more reason he would want us to believe in his version of the interpretation of the Constitution; that is in his own imagination. I want to read. There are several sections that I have withdrawn because I have seen they are at variance with the Constitution. However, let us not just recap on this issue of “it is unconstitutional” or “it is at variance with the Constitution” when actually you cannot cite the specific provisions of the Constitution that a certain article contradicts. I want to read Article 99 that hon. Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o has alluded to. It says about the qualifications of a Member of Parliament: “He is nominated by a political party or is an independent candidate who is supported by: (a) in the case of elections to the National Assembly by, at least, 1,000 registered voters in the constituency---” I repeat, 1,000 registered voters! What we mean by registered voters in Section 29(2) because the provisions of 29(1) are such that if you belong to the Party of National Unity (PNU), you can only be nominated by members of that political party because your allegiance is to PNU. However, if your allegiance is to no party at all and we have several mongrel parties in your constituency or your senate area that do not have a candidate, what would prevent them from endorsing a candidate who has no allegiance to any party because they only think it is fair and it is in the middle?"
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