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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon A.B. Duale.",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I think a month ago, you made a ruling on this matter. You made a very clear communication from the Chair, and I expect hon. Members, including the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party, to read that very clear communication on how a presidential system is to be run. Of course, you will see once in a while that people will raise matters touching on the counties, as hon. Midiwo said. A committee will be subjected to an issue which should have been handled better by the County Assembly of Garissa or Siaya. But fundamentally, hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, the Member for Gem, cannot usurp the powers given to the people of Kenya within the Constitution. In 2010, the people of Kenya went to a referendum and they choose a presidential system of Government. If I may draw from my memory, he was in the forefront at the time in the clamour for a new Constitution. Unfortunately, now that the good friend of mine is finding himself not in Government, he wants to switch to another system of Government. He wants a parliamentary system of government, a mongrel system of government, where Cabinet Secretaries will sit in Parliament. That mandate is with the people of Kenya. He can call for a referendum, or he can join the many that are collecting the million signatures out there, and who want to bring changes. I think the process to amend the Constitution will start from this House and go to the people of Kenya. But the matter that he raised earlier is within your and our domain; but the latter part of it, in my opinion, is a serious matter. He is telling the country to change from a pure presidential system. I want him to be very honest. If the hon. Member for Gem was sitting where I am today, I am sure he would love to be the Leader of the Majority Party; the Kenyan people decided that he be where he is. It was not the Jubilee Government which made the decision; it was the people of Kenya on 4th March, 2013; they decided who will be in Government and who will be in the Minority Party, and until an opportunity is given again to the people of Kenya in a democratic election, the reverse cannot take place. The reverse cannot take place through the back door; it is hon. Jakoyo who wants to bring a parliamentary system through the back door."
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