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    "id": 7263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/7263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also want to appreciate your ruling, although a number of us are a bit uncomfortable, but we will live with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in your ruling you did indicate the practices, but I did not hear you speak to Article 256(1)(b) which we raised at the point that we were canvassing this issue, and which in my view was trying to cure some of these practices which were undesirable to the people of Kenya. It says that a Bill to amend this Constitution may not address any other matter apart from consequential amendments and legislation arising from the Bill. I thought that the reason the drafters of this Constitution found this particular provision important was to try and avoid the kind of mischief that we would have in lumping very many amendments to the Constitution together, so that we only bring a single amendment to the Constitution to give Members of Parliament and Kenyans time to only discuss that single amendment. So, I would like to be educated as to why that particular provision was necessary and was put in the Constitution."
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