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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, in these comments, you will be limited to only two minutes so that we can get as many comments as possible. But my advice to Hon. Ouda would be that, yes he says he has brought this petition on behalf of the people he represents, but I am sure the people of Kisumu Central would even have been better served if he had proposed the amendments that he wants the committee to go and consider. Because he is a Member of this House, he is perfectly within his right to propose amendments to any provisions in the Constitution. Several of you have proposed amendments to several other Articles of the Constitution. To couch it in the language brought by the constituents of Kisumu Central, when indeed they elected you to come and represent them, to propose these amendments to go through the route of a petition is obviously going to take some time. You are at liberty, because you may have felt a bit tired to make the necessary proposals, you would have perfectly gone ahead and made the proposals without any problem, because it is your right. We will not gag you from proposing amendments. Perhaps, it is also an opportunity to get the seven minutes airtime that you got. It is a good way. It is within your right to bring the petition but a neater way would be for you to propose the amendments directly, without even involving the committee. Maybe you want to get the input of the committee members. Even if you proposed the constitutional amendments, they would still have gone to the committee, which would have taken views from other stakeholders and Kenyans. Nevertheless, you are still within your rights. So do not feel intimidated. You are within your rights. Hon. John Mbadi."
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