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    "id": 469708,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/469708/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
        "slug": "ekwee-ethuro"
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    "content": " Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, we are looking for the exact position in the Constitution but suffice it for now that if the political parties nominated Members on any other criteria, then we are not aware of it. The one the Constitution gives us and the way we determine that you are a Member of a particular county is on the basis of where you are a registered voter. That is the law and the Chair will faithfully implement it. We have taken the trouble of finding from the Registrar of Political Parties where each Member present or each Senator is a registered voter and that is what counts. Let me just read to you the Constitution of Kenya which you used quite extensively when you were moving your Motion, Article 123(1) reads, “On election, all members of the Senate who were registered as voters in a particular county shall collectively constitute a single delegation for purposes of Clause 4 and the Member elected under Article 98(1) (a) shall be the head of the delegation.” So, the Senator who was elected is the head of delegation. Any other Senator nominated will belong to that county on the basis of being a registered voter."
}