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    "id": 740644,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Unless we proceed with our usual ways of impunity and ignoring things, the reality is that, if the 12th Parliament is not properly constituted, we will have a constitutional crisis. We will either have to pass a formula that can work to make that House legitimate or not. The message to Kenyans is that many Kenyans are tired with the cost of Government. They are concerned about the structures that were set up in this Constitution. Some even say the number of counties is high and the constituencies are too many. We must have that dialogue. It should be held separately from the election but very soon. I regret that in the four years that we have been here, we have not been able to have that dialogue. Even the proposal that Okoa Kenya Movement brought, which could have been embraced and expanded, was never done. It is a betrayal to the cause of inclusivity and equity in our leadership, but I hope we will make more steps going forward to make Kenya more inclusive. We need a clear law on issues of referendum and clear guidelines on what constitutes public participation. Proper public participation must meet constitutional threshold so that it is not just done as a by the way to check the boxes and say. “Public participation was done and 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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