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    "id": 1083755,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083755/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": "which those elected into office, be it a President, Deputy President, governor or a member of the county assembly, can be given justice, should the need arise. They should be presented with a situation where they can defend themselves. The law is clear that one is not guilty until they have been proved so. On the other hand, we also need to be aware that part of the challenge that is giving us headache in the county is that at the county level, when one becomes a governor and gets power, they do not necessarily need to be held accountable because they will have other ways by which they can get people to respond to what they say. I am not just telling a story. I am aware of a CEC member from my Siaya County who was let go on grounds of incompetence. It is not clear how one defines incompetence. I support the Bill. Given the lessons that we have learnt and what we know, let us not leave so much ambiguity. When we talk about incompetence, we need to know what it is we are talking about. We will also need to be clear on what gross misconduct means. Instead of saying that we are talking about gross violation of the Constitution or any other law, the Constitution is a key law from which we can derive a lot of specificity. I urge that we go directly to Chapter 6 because if we were to take it a lot more seriously and make it a reference point, a lot of the issues would be handled. With that, I support the Bill."
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