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    "id": 1406342,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406342/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have never gotten elections right, from 1992 to the elections 30 years later, in 2022, apart from the year 2002 when the Hon. Prime Minister said, ‘Kibaki Tosha ’. That is the only election that has stood out as the most accurate and transparent. Thereafter, our country has faced numerous challenges. Certain times lead to the deaths of so many people, such as the election of the year 2007/2008. That is why we must holistically look at our electoral infrastructure and make amendments in areas where we are called upon, like the one we see in the NADCO Report. We shall never tire of reorienting our election systems. People complain that there are perennial complainants in every electoral cycle. Far from it. We must change where need arises. We shall do this over and over again until we attain levels of sufficiency in our elections. We will not run away from it. I am glad that the proposals here, such as appointing the new selection panel, do away with the current panel. It is a good step in the right direction. When William Ruto constituted the panel, we made necessary noises towards this. We said an umpire cannot be selected by a participant in an election. Ruto is a player; we went ahead to concoct an entire team that would look at the referee. Of course, with the resultant feature of having his input in the system. Therefore, we are doing away with this panel and incorporating a new panel…"
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