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    "id": 1480934,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okenyuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for granting me this opportunity. I wish to support this amendment that came as a product of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) talks that happened. I was privileged to be in the first bipartisan joint committee that was trying to solve issues that we were facing as a country. I am happy to see the product from the second team that went and looked at some of these issues and came with this legislative proposal. If you look at the amendment that has been sponsored by the Senate Minority and Majority Leader, we have made huge progress. Looking at elections in Kenya and Africa, we have come a very long way. Most of the experiences we have had was consistent agitation and refusal to accept election results. Once the opposition or any other party that has lost refuses to accept election results, you would definitely know that we will plunge into endless war or court processes. We end up wasting a lot of resources in court which we would have rather combined forces with the person who has won elections to work for the country or at level you have been elected to serve people. When I look at some of the proposals that have been made in this amendment, I think we are making good progress especially when we come down to the staff and members of the Commission because this is where it matters most. Sometimes I say elections are won on the material day of voting. This is where you have to get your supporters cast a vote in your favor and people take advantage of 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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