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    "id": 1094294,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Tom Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. Junet Nuh, my Whip, for bringing up this important matter. Under Article 88(4) of the Constitution, the IEBC has a number of functions that run from (a) to (j). In Article 88(4)(i), they have the power and the duty to regulate campaign financing. One of the things that we must ask the IEBC to account for is what they have done with the duties clearly delineated under Article 88(4)(a), (b) and (c). These deal with issues of continuous voter registration, regular revision of the voter register and the delimitations of boundaries, things that are very crucial for the exercise of Article 38 of the Constitution that deals with universal suffrage and the issue of one man, one vote. So, even as they mischievously attempt to bring the issue of campaign financing and throw Parliament and the Committee on Delegated Legislation under the bus, we must also ask them what they have done about Article 88(4)(a), (b) and (c). Secondly, the IEBC has attempted to gazette the spending limits for political candidates during campaigns. We must question the propriety of the actions they have taken because Article 94(5) of the Constitution states very clearly that no person other than Parliament has the power to make any provision that has the force of law. So, when they gazette, ask us to retrospectively 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."
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