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    "id": 639471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I have two Petitions that I want to bring to your attention. The first one is by Mr. Gibson Mareko for amendments of various provisions of the Constitution. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.221(a) and 225(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through the Clerk by Mr. Gibson Machanga Mareko; a resident of Nairobi City County, calling for amendment of various provisions of the Constitution. In summary, the petitioner requests the Senate to initiate amendments to the Constitution as follows; (a) Amend Article 81 of the Constitution to bar any person from holding elective office for more than two terms. (b) Amend Article 138 of the Constitution to provide that for one to be elected President, such person must garner at least 70 per cent of all valid votes cast in an election. Where this threshold is not attained, that two leading candidates would serve as first and second President for two terms, proportionate to the votes garnered by each candidate during the election. (c) Amend Article 144(3) of the Constitution to provide that at least two of the three medical professionals appointed to a tribunal to investigate the physical and mental capacity of the President must be psychiatrists."
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