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    "id": 1046972,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1046972/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "different people. We will be working on what amendment we need because this is a great opportunity that we have as Kenyans to make a good law. The other thing I would like to highlight is that we are probably assuming that we do not have a law. Our current Elections Act of 2011 provides for conducting of referenda. Actually, we do not have a shortage. What we are doing here is to amend that Act by getting a stand-alone referendum law. If we cannot get it that way, perhaps we might need to make amendments to the Elections Act. But we do not have a vacuum; we already have something. So, nobody should feel that because there is no referendum Bill or regardless of what happens to the two Bills that a referendum cannot go on. Kenyans should be encouraged to bring up any issue they want so long as they can bear the cost of doing what needs to be done. Hon. Speaker, I believe the Committee has heard the issues I have raised. I will also be looking deeper into them and might be able to pick one or two others so that we come up with a law not just for Kenya, but for the region and even for the rest of the world. Just like we have been told, our 2010 Constitution set the benchmark for other countries. Let us make sure that we set the benchmark for a referendum law not just for Kenya, but for the rest of the world. With those few remarks I beg to support."
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