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    "id": 1133907,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1133907/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " I thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The President attended a Session of this House yesterday. In line with the Constitution, he enumerated all the gains he has made for the last eight years he has been in office. He created a pathway for his exit from office next year. He laid a very clear ground for his transition. For that reason, I think all stakeholders in the election exercise next year need to work as one unitary body. It is puzzling that the IEBC, the electoral umpire, disengaged from a committee that was going to create an enabling environment for elections to be carried out next year. Whereas we acknowledge that the IEBC is an independent body, it also must practise interdependence. When the IEBC meets the National Treasury, it is premised on the fact that they do not print their own monies. Additionally, they do not create any money. This is a consumer. For the longest time, they have said how they do not get what is required for them to do their transactions. Therefore, you wonder why they chicken out of such an important exercise involving the National Treasury when they entirely depend on the National Treasury to give them monies. The IEBC does not recruit police officers. When the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government becomes part and parcel of a committee that will look into a peaceful transfer of power next year, you wonder why the IEBC chickens out. The apex court in this country, the Supreme Court, harshly indicted the IEBC for transgressions of electoral laws. They were found to have been culpable of illegalities and irregularities in the elections of 2017. But now, from the letter they wrote while chickening out of this committee, they were lecturing us on these same laws - Article 81 and Article 86, on purity of elections. They were at the same time mentioning the Elections Act. These are things they failed to do in 2017. Therefore, they need to step back and reconsider that position so that we have a peaceful election coming up next year. The President alluded to the diplomatic tiff that exists between Kenya and Somalia. It is good he made it clear that no inch shall be ceded to any country. It shall remain intact as our ancestors gave it to us. On security, I was glad to hear that additional police officers have been recruited ever since he came into office, so that the gap that has continued to exist on representation, particularly that which is recommended by the United Nations (UN), will be breached. I was glad to hear that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has continued to meet their targets amidst COVID-19. They have now reached trillions of Kenya shillings every year. That is a good indicator that tax evaders have finally been netted. Even though Nyando has not benefitted from the road networks that he was hailing, much has been done. 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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