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    "id": 1053522,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1053522/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Busia CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 539,
        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
        "slug": "florence-mwikali-mutua"
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    "content": "laws of Kenya be regularly reviewed to address challenges and concerns of the day. Regular audits of the laws of Kenya are necessary to ensure that they address live issues of concern to the people. Following the experiences and challenges faced by political parties’ nomination of candidates to the legislature in the last two general elections, there is need to consider those amendments to address the challenges highlighted above. The amendment to Section 35 of the Elections Act, however, also calls for an amendment to Article 92(a) of the Constitution which provides that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) shall ensure that each political party participating in a general election nominates and submits a list of all the persons who would stand elected, if the party were to be entitled to all seats under Clause 1. The manner in which Article 92(a) of the Constitution is drafted appears that nominations are to be undertaken prior to elections being undertaken and this, therefore, also calls for an amendment to Article 92(a) of the Constitution in order to align it with the proposed amendment to Section 35 of the Elections Act. The Speaker had approved my request to amend Article 92(a) of the Constitution, so that it can align with the proposed Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2018, for them to both be in tandem. I request Hon. Mishi Mboko to speak on this matter further."
}