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    "id": 617596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/617596/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Petition on the amendment of the Constitution. All those initiatives show that there is need to amend the Constitution to make it better so that it may serve the interest of the people of Kenya. When we passed the Constitution, we all agreed that 80 per cent of the document was good and 20 per cent needed to be amended so that Kenyans could be served better by the Constitution. There have been many constitutional amendment proposals with which all of us agree. The CORD Coalition launched the Okoa Kenya Initiative. A draft Bill was prepared and over one million signatures were collected. Now the time within which the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should have verified the signatures has expired. We hope the IEBC will complete verifying the signatures quickly. On the part of the CORD Coalition, we have taken a step. Now that there is a greater need for constitutional amendment from all parts of the country, it is time Parliament took the challenge and brought our heads together. Ideas are already in place. We are moving forward to make sure that we have a better Constitution. Were it not for the new Constitution, the 2013 elections would have torn this country apart. Because of the new Constitution, the country was held together. So, there is greater need to make the Constitution better so that the country can be stronger together. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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