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    "id": 576429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "The Bill has brought to the Floor some of the issues we need to discuss as a country. I am happy that in discussing this Bill, what has come out is the fact that we need to sit down as a country and deal with minimum reforms we require to ensure that we go to the elections next time prepared, and in a manner that will meet the standards required by the country. I was appalled by the misreading of the law and the judgment of the Court. Allow me to read a paragraph by the court on whether an amendment to the Constitution affecting the term of the President can be proposed and effected without a referendum: The court said, “In view of our finding in the first issue, we do not think it is necessary to express our view on the Bill”. So, the court has never expressed itself at all on whether a Bill like this one will require a referendum. It is upon this Parliament, and the public, to look at the reasons I have given for this Bill which are very valid, and make a decision."
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