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    "id": 858288,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/858288/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clement Kigano",
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        "legal_name": "Clement Muturi Kigano",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to raise a point of order under Article 255 of the Constitution. I am sure you are aware. You have observed that this amendment intrudes on the sovereignty of the people spelt out under Article 1. The sovereignty of the people is exercisable by Parliament through their representatives. This is a trust. Mutating the composition of Parliament has to be through a referendum as provided for under Article 255. It is one of the matters that are stipulated as requiring a referendum under Article 255 (1) of the Constitution. I have looked through the amendment Bill and the memorandum and seen that there is no inference or reference to a referendum. My understanding is that any time you change the composition of Parliament; you affect the exercise of sovereignty and the social contract of the people and Parliament. A referendum is a prerequisite. It predicates any matters affecting sovereignty. Nobody should feel that because if we do not pass this amendment Bill, Parliament will stand dissolved. Far from it, that would have been the easiest thing that the framers of the Constitution would have done. It is silent. It does not say what happens if you do not implement the one-third gender rule."
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