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    "id": 1047931,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1047931/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13495,
        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "This Bill seems to give a lot of discretion to the IEBC. We should not look at the IEBC as it is now because there is a lot that we have bestowed on it. For instance, we have allowed it to do verification of signatures. I am not sure whether we have been able to build its capacity to verify signatures. I am also not sure about the method they are using to substantiate authentic signatures. I wish we could go the biometric way. We have also given them a lot of responsibility in terms of making regulations, and when we do that, do we have timelines? How are we guiding them in giving us important regulations? I would like to refer to Clause 2 of the Bill that talks about the referendum question. I would like us to look at a possibility of having more than one question. Let us not lock our minds into the BBI but let us do a law for posterity and for circumstances that will demand more than one question. There are so many countries that have conducted referenda that have been able to address many questions. In our case, we held an election where we elected MPs, MCAs and many others. It was possible for Kenyans to choose from the list that was provided. It is still possible for Kenyans to interpret whatever is presented to them and make a choice. We should not limit ourselves because of perceptions. It is possible to have a multiple-choice system and we should have an inbuilt flexibility. Clause 3(2) of the Bill provides for necessary modifications. However, it does so in an open manner. I am of the opinion that it should take into account the specificity of this modification and develop the requisite clarity so that we do not open it so much but enable us to incorporate regulations into the Act as proposed by the Committee. Clause 5(a) of the Bill talks about…"
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