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    "id": 702088,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/702088/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 8,
        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "reduce the number of constituencies from 290 to 210, Article 99, to remove the age limit for vying of the elective positions and the minimum academic qualifications, Article 131, to provide that the President be above the law, Article 152(3), to provide for appointment of Cabinet Secretaries from persons serving as Members of Parliament, Article 232(1), to provide notes and coins to bear portraits of the First President, His Excellency the Late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Article 260, to increase the age bracket of persons who qualify to be defined as youth from 18 to 35 years to 18 to 45 years. There is also a proposal to abolish the position of governors in the counties and instead to be lead by Commissioners. That the President and the Deputy Official Opposition Leader to be treated as dignitaries and be allowed to attend Parliamentary sittings. A further proposal was that the salaries of elective positions be revised downwards to reduce the huge wage bill. Finally, a proposal to amend the Constitution to allow persons vying for the position of President and Deputy President to vie for any other elective positions concurrently."
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