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    "id": 345422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/345422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Kenya Law Reform Commission Bill, Bill No.67 of 2012, be read a Second Time. This Bill is very important particularly because of the important and central role played by the Kenya Law Reform Commission in the implementation process of our Constitution. Under Section 5(6) of the Sixth Schedule, it is very clear that the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) works very closely with the Kenya Law Reform Commission and the Office of the Attorney-General in co- ordinating and preparing for tabling in Parliament the legislation required to implement this Constitution. They have done very well. I was very privileged, as the Minister in charge of constitutional affairs, to work with Kathurima M’Inoti, a very able man, together with the Attorney-General and Mr. Nyachae of CIC. We have done very well while we worked together. As we move forward, we have already done our part in ensuring that we met the two year deadline of 27th August, 2012. We still have three years to go. The Kenya Law Reform Commission, under the new Constitution has an expanded role and the purpose of this Bill is to reconstitute and incorporate the Kenya Law Reform Commission in order to have it discharge its expanded mandate under the new Constitution. We are asking Members to"
}