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    "id": 1105095,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Martha Wangari",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "However, from the IEBC end, I think it was clear that either they did not want these Regulations or they actually wanted to just play mischief with the Regulations to paint Parliament in bad light to look like we are the ones who are not agreeing with the Regulations. That being said, what it meant then is that by 9th August 2021, the IEBC should have already conformed to all the legalities. It should have brought those Regulations here before publishing them. It should have done proper public participation. The public participation record that was brought to the Committee was actually the one that was done in 2016. By all means, any business in the life of a Parliament or a session actually dies with a Parliament. So, there is no way the environment of elections, knowing how dynamic it is, would have remained static for five years. So, the public participation was inadmissible. I think we have very clear reasons why we annulled these ones and rejected the publishing because it was done outside the law. We felt that this was a deliberate thing because they had all the time for five years. The IEBC should have done these things and done them right. So, by the powers given by the Statutory Instruments Act, the Constitution and the Campaign Finance Act itself, we actually came to a unanimous decision that these Regulations, one, do not hold water and cannot be remedied. They were fatally damaged from the start. I know many Members want to contribute. With those remarks, I beg to second. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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