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    "id": 1045627,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1045627/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Referendum Bill (No. 2) of 2020 as moved by Hon. Otiende Amollo. I associate myself entirely with the remarks he has made and the observations of the two Committees when they met to internalise the two Bills that are pending before this House. First and foremost, it is important that Members acquire copies of the CIOC Bill which is fantastic and also good. It makes good proposals which should be incorporated at the Third Reading. As you have heard, there are various amendments that have been proposed by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC) to this Bill. We want to come up with one of the best laws in the country to govern referenda. It draws a lot of interests when you talk of referenda from time to time. It is not just now because there is a looming referendum that is being referred to and mooted in the country. We want to have a law that is going to guide us and posterity. This is why we propose that the Bill by CIOC be incorporated here. We should also make various amendments to it so that what we come up with is a super law. Briefly, touching on what has been mentioned, it is of interest that referenda should not be one question. We must provide multiple questions because there may be various issues."
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