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    "id": 687540,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had raised that point of order before you finished. This being a House of record, I support that Article 255 where it talks about things that are touching on, then lists and says, “sovereignty of the people.” The only other place where “sovereignty of the people” is listed is in Article (1) which is titled “Sovereignty of the People.” So, in other words, a proper interpretation of the Constitution would say anything that touches on amending Article (1) of the Constitution, stretching it to say Parliament and so forth. You can see even in that same Article 255, the only aspect of Parliament that requires referendum is not the composition nor the formation of Parliament, but the functions of Parliament which has excluded itself specifically in Article 255(h). So, a proper reading of the Constitution would be saying that when you are amending Article (1), you must go through the referendum. However, a liberal interpretation to include everything that touches on sovereignty of the people would mean the whole Constitution. If that was the case, then there was no need for a list in Article 255, it would have been no easier for the Constitution to say when you are amending anything in the Constitution you will have to need a referendum."
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