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    "id": 157859,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/157859/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I want to support this Motion on the creation of an Interim Independent Electoral Commission. All of us know very well that the clamor for a new Constitution started in this country in the early 1990s and it was never to be. We all remember very well that when the NARC Government came to power in 2003, they promised Kenyans that a new constitution would be born in a 100 days. Since that did not happen, pressure mounted and that is why we had problems in 2005 when a referendum was held. These are the problems that led to what culminated in the year 2007. We are here to come up with an Interim Independent Electoral Commission so that we can correct the messes that we went through after the 2007 General Election. This is a very urgent exercise that we must accomplish, as a House, because we have a vacuum. A few days ago, when some of us were clamoring for an election, we knew very well that we did not have an Electoral Commission in place. However, we were desperate because we have two principals who did not agree; yet they are supposed to be on top of everything in the country. It is very important that the Select Committee on the Review of the Constitution has moved very fast and come up with the proposed names. This is going to be an eye opener and portrays very well in the eyes of Kenyans. Kenyans can now see"
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