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    "id": 1496863,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1496863/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate colleague Senators who have taken time to speak to the Elections (Amendment) Bill (No.2) Senate Bills No. 29 of 2024, one of the three NADCO Bills. I also wish to thank Sen. Okong’o Omogeni who seconded the Bill and the more than 15 Senators who took time to speak to it and share their concerns on our elections management. The most important thing I would wish to say about this Bill is the fact that you are aware that in the last three election cycles, we have had amendments to the elections management practices manual, a few months to elections and this has caused us many problems. This is because the election managers eventually claim there was no sufficient time for them to prepare well for this process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on this one, I appreciate that this amendment is being done close to three years to the next elections and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will have sufficient time to prepare for the next elections with all the amendments we have made. We have been told by the managers; those who understand these things better and those who do it, that changes to electoral laws close to elections affects the overall results and compromises the integrity of the votes because the referee was not sufficiently prepared."
}