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    "id": 1186241,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon Speaker, I have an issue relating to petitions that I seek your guidance on. There is a gentleman by the name Shem Otieno Riang’a of ID card No.27781888, who has informed me that he sent three petitions to this House. The petitions are dated 17th October 2022, and were duly received by the National Assembly’s main records unit on the 25th October 2022. Those three petitions are seeking for the removal from office of the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Mr. Wafula Chebukati and Commissioners Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye. That Petitioner is wondering why his petitions have not been acted upon. To the best of my recollection, no such petitions have been presented on the Floor of this House. What could have happened if, indeed, those petitions reached Parliament? They may not have reached your Office; but is it possible that those petitions are lying somewhere within the precincts of Parliament? And could you, therefore, direct that they be presented before the House for us to act on them accordingly? I am saying this in view of the fact that we had certain petitions presented to this House concerning a certain set of commissioners of the same IEBC. For us to be seen as a House which observes and upholds the rule of law and the principle of justice, equity and fairness, we need to quickly get to understand the whereabouts of those petitions and act on them expeditiously."
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