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    "id": 659453,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to congratulate the Members for a job well done during the just concluded Session. We have done quite a good job. We have just finished the National Government Constituencies Development Fund issues. There is a lot of work which is going to happen during the recess. I want to say congratulations. I was among those who opposed the new Constitution. One of the reasons we gave was that it would be difficult to amend. We were called so many names by the people who are now disturbing the country in matters which are so obvious and expressly expressed in the Constitution, in black and white. We were given the calendar of demonstrations. It was starting from some date to another. No matter how much you implement your calendar, those are actions in futility. This country is not a banana republic. People must respect the Constitution they campaigned for and invested to put in place. Even if you want to invoke Article 1 of the Constitution, which says that people can exercise their sovereignty, you must reach the conclusion of that Article. You can only exercise direct power through a referendum or an election. Those are the only two ways which provide for exercise of direct power by the wananchi. Beyond elections and referendums, it is the institutions of Parliament, the Judiciary, the presidency and the Executive that we must use. We have heard so much about dialogue. The Constitution created institutions of dialogue. They are the Senate, the National Assembly and to some extent, the county assemblies. All this other business we are being engaged in is drama. They will not go anywhere. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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