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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Hon. David Ochieng who is a Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. I rise to second this very important Bill, and I expected Members to be listening to the Mover. Why? This is because it touches on their term. The Bill seeks to amend Article 101(1) which touches on the term of the Members of Parliament. The Constitution states very clearly that the election of a Member of Parliament shall be held in the fifth year of the second Tuesday in August. Now, we are seeking to amend that, to read the third Monday in December of that particular year, which in this case is 2017. We also want to amend Article 136(2) of the Constitution of Kenya by deleting the words second Tuesday in August appearing in paragraph (a) which deals with the election of the President. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, all the other offices are tied to the election of the Members of Parliament. The one of the President and Members of County Assembly (MCAs), must all be held on the same day which is second August. That is what we are seeking an amendment on so that it is moved to 3rd December, 2017. It is very important that we note this. In Article 177 of the Constitution, the term of MCAs shall run for uninterrupted five years; that is for a fixed term of five years. What that means is that for the MCAs, their term will expire on 3rd March, 2018. It cannot be interrupted, except by an amendment of this House or by an order of court. What we are seeking is to regularize an anomaly which occurred in the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know that when we passed this Constitution, we said 20 per cent required amendment. But at that time we all agreed, let us pass it and then we amend it. This is part of the 20 per cent that we are seeking to amend now. 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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