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    "id": 838422,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. It is a little bit difficult to say whether I support or oppose this Bill. The critical part of this Bill is to ask ourselves whether constitutionally it is going to affect the term of office of the President. In the 11th Parliament, Hon. David Ochieng’ had brought a very substantive Motion on this matter related to the same facts that Hon. Kaluma has alluded to. He had a varied reason for us to push the election date from August to December. But the Constitution is very clear that our general elections will be held on the second Tuesday of August in the fifth year. It is important for us to look at what Hon. Chris Wamalwa was saying in relation to the change of the elections date. Article 255 of our Constitution talks about amendment to the Constitution. Article 255(1) reads: “A proposed amendment to this Constitution shall be enacted in accordance with Article 256 or 257, and approved in accordance with clause (2) by a referendum, if the amendment relates to any of the following matters…\""
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