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    "id": 1480973,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "When we were voted for, we said we were going to listen to our people. Are we listening to them? Our people told us not to pass the Finance Bill. They even come to the streets, but we still pass it. This Bill is an issue of not just votes. We also need to protect or make it an election offence when you lie to the people so they can vote for you. Lying to the people to vote for you, you are voted under pretence. This is conman ship and against the law. As I support this Bill with the amendment, I want to give an example. In 2010, during the general election of the United Kingdom, there was a candidate named Phil Wallace of the Labour Party who was found guilty of false information following Section 106 of the UK Representation of the People's Act. What was his problem or what was his issue? Why was his election nullified? It was nullified because he lied against his opponent, Eli Watkins. How did he lie? He said, ‘If you vote for this man, he is an extremist. He is following Muslims. If you vote for him, he will run away from the constituency and live in another constituency.” the law protects against this. Mr. Watkins went to court and said: How did you know I am going to move? How did you know I was an extremist? The court listened to the case, and his election was nullified, and he was barred from running for the next three years. We need to clean our electoral system and electoral processes and protect the integrity of the vote and the people who vote for us. I will support this Bill, and I will bring more amendments to it. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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