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    "id": 639492,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639492/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also hold the view that in as much as some people think the Petition is frivolous, it is the work of the committee to which it shall be committed to find out whether it is frivolous or not. I sense in this Petition some desperation on the part of citizens. The Constitution is clear on ways in which the Constitution can be amended. It can be amended by popular initiative or parliamentary initiative. Probably, this petitioner has looked at the process that some players in this country have taken to amend the Constitution by popular initiative and the kind of obstacles they have come across. Maybe that is why this petitioner has decided to come to this Senate. The Constitution provides that any Kenyan can amend by popular initiative. However, there is one aspect that has been very misunderstood. That is Article 257 of the Constitution. It says when IEBC receives signatures to support a popular initiative amendment to the Constitution; its role is to verify that the initiative is supported by at least one million registered voters. Therefore, when I take to IEBC the voter registration number and name of an individual, if the identification number is not there, that does not invalidate that record. The account that we have been told which is the message going out to people like this petitioner that if they want to amend the constitution by popular initiative---"
}