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    "id": 1204844,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1204844/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for this giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Report that has been presented by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Hon. Speaker, it is important that it goes on record that the Committee was not there to judge the four Commissioners. In fact, we should be here thanking some patriotic Kenyans who presented petitions to this House. According to our Constitution, we are mandated to look into and resolve any matter of interest in this country. This is a matter of great interest. Why is it of great interest? Because what happened in Bomas can only be defined as sacrilege. These are people who are actually candidates for a charge of treason. What was intended to happen at Bomas was tallying of votes, however, some four individuals took it upon themselves to appropriate to themselves powers that they did not have. They wanted the results unpacked and they wanted to vote on a vote. After millions of Kenyans had gone to the ballot and voted, four Kenyans wanted to vote on the vote that Kenyans had voted on. The Report from the Committee is damning. We wish it would have been the final stage because what we are about to go into is an expense that a country like ours does not need to go into. These are people who if they were honourable enough, would have just decided to quit their positions immediately after the announcement of the elections. So, Hon. Speaker, without taking much more time, I want to add my voice to those who are here saying that we should support the Report of the Committee and the President should set up a tribunal pronto and this decision made so that we can move on as a country. Thank you very much Hon. Speaker."
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