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    "id": 1047875,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you for that guidance. I was just trying to emphasise the point that, at the Committee of the whole House, this is a very important issue to look into. In the original Bill, that was not the case. The second point is on the authority to frame and publish the question. I think this should be the responsibility of the promoters and not any other person like the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) or Parliament. This should strictly be the promoters’ issue. Even the determination of whether to have a single question or multiple questions should be the responsibility of the promoters of that Bill. It is very unfair to collect signatures and then someone else comes with questions which are not known to you. The other thing is on the procedure of considering the popular initiative Bill at the county assemblies. We have seen what happened in Baringo County Assembly and the matter is now in court. I think this matter is silent on the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee’s sponsored Bill but the one by the Constitutional Implementation and Oversight Committee provides a procedure. I am happy the joint committee has adopted the proposal by CIOC which now helps us to solve the problem that we are now having in the Baringo County Assembly. The other issue is on the petitions. The issue of referendum is a very weighty issue, just like the issue of presidential election. We need to tie up the presidential election petition to referendum petition. If you say that the High Court or the Court of Appeal will be involved, then you are giving a long timeframe of six months to determine the matter. Consequently, you are giving an opportunity to people who are out to cause mischief to take advantage of this and delay 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."
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