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    "id": 316073,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I will start with the one by Mr. Mbadi. We want to assure him that we are within time and the elections will be on 4th March, 2013. That date will not be changed. It has been upheld by the High Court as well as the Court of Appeal. When counting the time, we know that it includes the parliamentary day, and the next one is Tuesday. So it is inclusive and we are on track; Mr. Mbadi should not worry about that. As to whether there was a conspiracy or not, I want to assure you that the IEBC is one institution that has been given great responsibilities by this country under Article 88. There are so many things that the IEBC is trying to juggle with like procurement, getting of the equipment and so on, half the time they have been before Parliament. We have also the issue of the coming by-elections; there are a lot of things they are trying to do to also make provision for the Diaspora. They have been communicating with the Diaspora and going around. It is not a conspiracy. We believe that these regulations had to go through the necessary stages; that is, from the IEBC to the Constitution Implementation Commission (CIC). You know very well that we had our hands full in preparing for the constitutional Bills that were before this House. So it is just that we had our hands full. It is not a conspiracy. We are within time and the rules have been well prepared and they should meet the satisfaction of this House. Ultimately, the responsibility is with this House to approve them. They are just draft proposals for your consideration. If you approve them by Tuesday, we will get them back and publish them. Eng. Gumbo, we want to assure you that the election date remains 4th March, 2013. There will be no conspiracy to change that date and these regulations will be in place."
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