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    "id": 1047830,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1047830/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on the Referendum Bill. Everyone in Kenya is anxiously waiting for the outcome of this debate for the simple reason of the task ahead of us as a republic. A referendum, as I understand, is basically an election. It is an election to answer a question or to determine a contentious issue. It has happened before even when it was not expressly set out in the Constitution. We held referendums in 2005 and 2010. We have had two successful referendums previously. People are wondering why we now need a stand-alone Act of Parliament to guide the conduct of referendums in this country. That talks very well on the mentality of the people of Kenya. People have come to distrust the current IEBC. They are not so sure that they can conduct a referendum and a contentious one for that matter. What is at hand is a fairly political issue that we are trying to solve using a referendum. Nevertheless, I must commend the team that prepared and presided over the previous referendum. Probably, there are two issues that we need to look at here. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}