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    "id": 846357,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/846357/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Unless this House resolves that we shelve every petition, Bill and Motion that comes before this House, until we raise the requisite number, we cannot do this in an omnibus manner. Therefore, my opinion is that each amendment will have to be dealt with at the appropriate time when it comes in the manner that is designated by the Constitution. Where the Constitution says this can be done by the Houses of Parliament, then we will have to go by that procedure. If the Constitution requires the public initiative, which is a referendum, again, we will have to go that way. There are consequences of every legislation that we pass here. If we pass this one, which says that elections will be held in December, there will be some slight addition in the term of the elected Members of the two houses of Parliament, county assemblies, governors and the presidency. That is a consequence of the law that we will enact, and we have to live with it. It is not so grave, if the citizens of Kenya feel that it is to their advantage. With those remarks, I support this Bill and pray that we marshal the requisite numbers so that we pass it as the first amendment of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010."
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