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    "id": 8865,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not spoken on this matter. I would like first to say that the Bill is actually omnibus. It deals with more than two chapters of the Constitution; the chapter relating to representation and the chapter relating to the composition of the Legislature. If the framers of the Constitution dealt with those two matters in two separate chapters, then the Bill, although generally speaking is talking about elections, it is bringing together matters that are too heavy and that ought to be separated, especially to enable meaningful participation by the people of Kenya. The third issue is the issue of boundaries. Although relating to elections, it also ought to come on its own so that it is comprehended. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other point is; he is talking quite emphatically on an initiative by the Cabinet. Our current Constitution does not know Cabinet as an initiator of an amendment. It refers very specifically to an initiative by Parliament. Unless the Minister was talking as a Member of Parliament, in which case, we would ask him who else he has consulted in Parliament, I think, therefore, that the Bill is improper to that extent."
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