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    "id": 1150442,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have keenly listened to the request for Statement by Hon. Aden Duale. It is directed to the Chair of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), Hon. Muturi Kigano, who unfortunately has little energy to transact business of the House. The issue that Hon. Duale has raised is quite weighty. I beseech you, under Standing Order No. 1, that we occasion an amendment to the particular statute to ensure that there is a transition mechanism where if we do not have a chair of that Committee in the absence of the Secretary to the Cabinet, that someone else is able to Chair that Committee. You know some of the things that were said in the Kriegler Commission Report in relation to changes to electoral matters very close to the elections. We have just considered some amendments to the Elections Act. However, there are other things that are related to the matter that Hon. Duale is raising. Last week, you saw that we had about 46 independent presidential candidates. It is within the right of every Kenyan who is qualified to run for the Office of President. However, we will have challenges if we fail to address this matter, considering that we are dealing with a very desperate outgoing regime. I have no fear of contradiction in saying that we are looking at a lurking danger. If any of the presidential candidates that will be cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) – either sponsored by a political party or contesting as an independent candidate – by bad luck loses his life, we will see a postponement of the election and you know how emotive elections are in this country. It is imperative that as early as now, either the Assumption to the Office of the President Committee or the relevant Committee of this House engages the IEBC especially on the security measures that are being put in place to ensure that each of the presidential candidates, especially the 46 independent presidential candidates and their running mates, is secured. I have no fear stating before this House that we are dealing with an extremely desperate regime that has no intention of leaving power. With the imminent collapse of the Azimio Coalition – I am not a prophet but I foresee – I pray that none of those presidential candidates and their running mates lose their lives to occasion a postponement of the elections."
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