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    "id": 1049432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": "– the different types of referendums, whether at the county level or the national level. It also provides for how we go about giving out the notice when we want to hold a referendum. It also provides for committees that are meant to carry out referendum work, both at the national level and at the constituency level. What is also not forgotten is the power of the courts. If you will have any issue about how the referendum was carried out, you will go to court. The court has been given a procedure and timelines upon which to ensure that the issues that will be before it do not drag forever. If you look at them, they are very reasonable timelines. When it comes to petitioning the courts about matters that can be contested in courts, the amount of money that one is supposed to deposit, say for security, is also reasonable. What we have done as a joint committee is to provide this Parliament with a general framework upon which we can come up with a comprehensive law that will guide this country today and in future on how to conduct referendums. If there are any issue that the Committee did not touch on or they were never comprehensively covered, we will have a chance during the Committee of the whole House stage of the Bill where we can fine tune the Bill and make sure that we have the best Referendum Bill in the world. The general mood of the House is that we, indeed, need a referendum law. This is the chance to have one and ensure that the country is guided by it. Once we pass this law, we will have a good chance to test it during the forthcoming BBI referendum, if at all it will happen. I support. Thank you."
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