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    "id": 653826,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/653826/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want to refer you to Standing Order No. 62(2). It reads as follows:- “Notwithstanding paragraph (1), whenever a Bill or a special Motion the passage of which requires a special majority in the Assembly fails to obtain the required majority and the vote results in a majority of the “Ayes” but the “Noes” have not numbered at least one third of all the Members of the Assembly, the Speaker may direct that a further vote be taken on the particular question, and the further vote shall be taken within five sitting days from the day the first vote was taken.” Hon. Speaker, based on this Standing Order, the “Noes” have not attained the required one-third of the Members of the Assembly. What we are doing is historic in the sense that the 9th and the 10th Parliaments, under the leadership of the late Mutula Kilonzo – may his soul rest in peace – could not achieve this number. It looks like it is the 11th Parliament that will go into history as having implemented the Constitution in full. This House has passed more than 30 pieces of legislations. This is one of those pieces of legislations that will complete the full realisation of the constitutional implementation by 27th August 2017. I do not see any reason as to why this Bill should be different from the others. It is what the people of Kenya asked in 2010 when they voted for the Constitution in large numbers. On behalf of the people of Kenya, the women of Kenya, including my mum who is 89 years old, my great wife, my sisters and my constituents, I urge you to consider and rule in favour of Standing Order No. 62(2)."
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