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    "id": 1187097,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1187097/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibra, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Orero",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to comment on the Petitions starting with the one by Mr. Mutoro on the huge sums of money spent during the electioneering period. Article 223 of the Constitution has very good intentions. It speaks to how it is supposed to be used, but all the previous regimes have abused it. I hope the current regime will not also use this leeway to spend money that is not provided in the Budget. I concur with my colleagues that any money that must be used should always be in the Budget. Regarding the Petition on removal of IEBC Commissioners from office by Nthumbi, these are the commissioners who conducted the general elections that ended in the recent past. I beseech this House that we do not resurrect emotions when the country has already moved on. Despite the fact that these are petitions from members of the public, we are at the preliminary stage. We are giving JLAC time to go and look at them and give the parties opportunity to be heard. I suggest that when the Committee brings its report to the House, we look at these commissioners as the persons who oversaw the very competitive elections that we had. Now that we have a Government in place, I would want to plead with my colleagues on the other side of the House to consider this matter in a manner that will help this country to move forward, and not retrogress."
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