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    "id": 1480891,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to Move that the Electoral Offences (Amendment)(No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.28 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. This is the third in the series of the so-called National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Bills. I have reminded Senators many times that we must remain true to our call. We had a very difficult time as a country in 2023, and when we went to the NADCO negotiations, there were many things that we agreed on. Sen. Okong’o Omogeni from the Minority Side represented his side of the Azimio la Umoja Coalition. I believe he will have a thing or two to say as he seconds this Bill because it was part of the deliberations. He knows very well the presentations and the submissions that Kenyans made to us for close to a month at the Bomas of Kenya. They felt that certain things were not right in this country and they wanted us to address the same. Therefore, we came up with about nine Bills, three of which we have since dispensed with as a House. We have six more, including a Constitutional Amendment Bill that is before the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I do not see the Chairperson of that Committee here now, but last week, at the Senate Business Committee (SBC), he had promised us that, very soon the JLAC will be bringing a report to this House on what we think of the Constitutional Amendment Bill that was produced by the NADCO team. There are very interesting provisions there, including for the Senate. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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