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    "id": 1067469,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1067469/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Shamalla Jennifer",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13169,
        "legal_name": "Jeniffer Shamala",
        "slug": "jeniffer-shamala"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. In 2017, our country, and more so the Jubilee Party supporters, were stunned when the Supreme Court annulled the presidential election results. Kenya became the fourth country in the entire world to have presidential election results annulled after Austria, the Maldives and Ukraine. Kenya was the first country in Africa to have presidential election results annulled. The country had to go through a second election cycle. The upheaval eventually cost the economy of this country Kshs1.7 trillion. After the second presidential election, the Supreme Court upheld the victory of His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta on November 20th 2017. However, the opposition rejected the judgement stating that they did not recognise the new Government. Immediately thereafter, violence erupted in various parts of the country and there seemed to be no end in sight. Fast forward to March 2018, the country sighed with relief when His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Right Hon. Raila Odinga engaged in what would come to be known as the historic handshake 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."
}