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    "id": 1049424,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049424/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "We have to be holistic on this. In framing the questions or when we are passing this legislation, let us look at this country. Let us look at the interests of the country today and for decades to come. Let us not look at what is likely to happen next year or the following year. If it is the will of this House or of this nation that we have multiple choice questions, so be it. If we feel we are better off with a single question, so be it. Let us debate and look at what is good for this country, for posterity. Let us be informed by what happens in other jurisdictions; what happens in other countries and what happens in other modern democracies. Let us learn from them and be informed by them. Referendums are very common in the United States of America. They are very common in Western Europe. We should borrow a leaf from them and inform our laws, of course, with a view to tailoring them to our circumstances in light of our Constitution. Let us take a hard look as we look into this issue. Let us look at this country from every corner of it. We are going to be informed on what will be done at the county level by county assemblies, and what we will be doing here in Parliament, in both Houses. It is very important that we carry everybody on board. My major point here is harmonization of the two Reports and ensuring that we do not have a contested Bill, or we have contested provisions when it comes to the Committee of the whole House and we are forced to take sides or we are forced to vote on an issue that can easily be resolved, if we have able leadership in this House. I beg to support."
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