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    "content": "This Motion requires that we ultimately must have a referendum. This House needs to retreat, sit and ask itself the following: How are we going to go to the referendum? Who will constitute the referendum committee? Where will we get the resources for the process? When will we go for that referendum? What are the political challenges we are facing? Who will be our collaborators? Which institutions are we going to work with? Who will be a threat to this process? We must do a Strength Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis to see all the strengths that we have, the weaknesses we have in achieving what we are amending, the opportunities that are available for us to achieve the amending of the Constitution and the threats that will face this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, once we sit down and do a SWOT analysis, we will come to a conclusion on how we can achieve the referendum in a bipartisan manner. This document is for posterity. There are so many other people who have come up with referendum documents, but they are debating in hotels, barazas and market places, which is okay. However, the only document that is being discussed in a constitutional institution, the Parliament of Kenya, is this one. This document and this process will provide leadership to all other processes that are related to the referendum. We will have to carry all along. We must achieve this as a nation. Sen. Orengo said this passionately at one time in this House, that this nation must be willing on many occasions to put down our partisan agenda and political competition. This is the time for us to think as Kenya and Kenyans so that we can provide solutions to the issues that are bedeviling our people and our country in a manner that is bipartisan like it is done in many countries. We have done that before. We did it in 2010, and that is why we have this Constitution. We also did it in 1963 and that is why we gained Independence. We can do it again so that we have a document that is responsive to the needs of this country and is useful for our children and grandchildren."
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