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    "id": 1158735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1158735/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T. J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "It is an important Bill for Members. Everybody has said that election legislation should not come in the middle of an election cycle. It is not wise. However, as we can see, it is here. The problem of making a legislation is that Government Bills emanate from the Cabinet through the Attorney-General. This is where there is a disconnect. We need to see how to process these things in a manner that gives the House the teeth that it has for making legislation. The Cabinet takes as long as it wants. They bring us these Bills at the tail end of an exercise. So, we do the best that we can with what we have. However, we still have a situation such as this. While players are on the field and a referee has already held the whistle, he holds the game and changes or seeks to change the rules. It is not fair. We have said so. We told the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Executive that this House will express itself very strongly in future on such processes that change rules of the game. For example, because of this Bill, Members are reacting naturally, because it has come at a point which people have taken interests. There is the anxiety and perplexity of the unknown. When you find changes in the middle of the ship, it is problem."
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