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    "id": 328107,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I will support the amendments and speak to, first of all, 33(F). I just want to be educated a little bit by the hon. Minister, because of your legal background and maybe, hon. M. Kilonzo because of the good work he has been doing in this area since we started the journey of getting this new Constitution. To my understanding, I believe the Constitution contemplated a situation whereby Kenyans in the diaspora will have an opportunity to participate in the general election. But this seems to give the impression that the Constitution wanted them to participate in part of the general election. So, I would like you to clarify to my mind whether this particular regulation will not be open to legal challenge from the many Kenyans who are very keen on reading this fairly new Constitution. My second concern is 33(E), where I want to commend you without any reservations about knocking the ambassadors and the other big boys and girls in the embassies. But do not forget that the staff who work in those embassies usually follow the bosses. The bosses are the ones who talk to the Minister and with all due respect, then they say, “I will send you my person” and stuff like that. That is why, if you go to an embassy where there is a Luhya ambassador, chances are watu wa mkono; the casual workers, you might find, the majority are from that particular community. So, you might not be curing entirely. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is an experience in Brazil where they use students as clerks and staff like that. Maybe, you want to explore, I do not know. Is it possible that patriotic Kenyan students in those respective countries can then be allowed to work for us and earn a small salary? It will be useful to them. It will also remove bias because students just go outside the country to study. They do not go there on patronage. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the final point is the issue of 33(A)(2b), where I want to agree with hon. Ogindo, hon. Odhiambo-Mabona and the Minister M. Kilonzo that we remove other logistic considerations. It must not be lost to us that we should not make this first exercise too complicated to implement or to easy to be abused. If you move it away from the embassy, because of other considerations, then you will start getting ghost workers and stuff like that. Let us keep it simple. Then if we succeed, five years later, we can improve on our learning. I support."
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