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    "id": 576176,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want you to listen to me on this one. I believe that the term of the President as contemplated in Article 142 is not made in months. The abject of this Bill is that there will be four months and 10 days between second date of August and third Monday of December. So, the argument that this Bill requires a referendum is just a story. This is because one, if you look at Article 146(4) it will tell you what a term is and what it is not. If you look at Article 142, you will realise that the President’s term starts from the day he is sworn in to the day the next President is sworn in. So, it is neither four nor five years. It is somewhere in between four and five years. But, most important is Article 146(4) and I want to read it verbatim so that you understand what I am talking about. It says:- “(4) If the Deputy President assumes office as President under Clause (2)(a), or a person is elected to the office of the President under Clause (2)(b), the Deputy President, or the person elected, shall be deemed for purposes of Article 142(2) – (a) to have served a full term as President if, at the date on which the person assumed office, more than two and a half years remain before the date of the next regularly scheduled election under Article 136(2)(a); or. (b) not to have served a term of office as President, in any other case.” The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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