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    "id": 1091980,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1091980/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, your Communication is very clear and unambiguous. This is a matter of serious public interest and as clearly stated in the Election Campaign Financing Act 2013, there is a time element. However, that time element is such that the Commission is required to have published these regulations, at least, 12 months before a general election. It is clear that, given today is the 5th of August, the next elections, barring something else from happening, are going to be on 9th August next year. I would have wanted to hear from you, on behalf of the public, because they are very anxious that given the time at which these regulations have come before us as a House, and given the requirement of the House in terms of dealing with them, we are not definitely going to meet the timeline for these regulations to come into force for purposes of next year’s general election. That should have been really helpful to relieve the public of the anxiety because it is very possible for busy bodies out there to start blaming Parliament for having sat on these regulations so that we do not have them applied in the next general election. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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