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    "id": 329354,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, whereas I can see the sense in this proviso, as it is, it can actually be an avenue for misuse. It just says “where nomination papers of a candidate have been accepted”. It does not say whether they are genuine ones or not. So, the first one to present nomination papers in whatever format and they are accepted will lock the door for any other candidate. For example, if that candidate was to collapse, you are basically saying that the political party cannot provide any other substitute because they had already accepted the papers. The intention is clear, but the way it is worded it cannot stand in law. You actually might end up with more mischief than what you are trying to avoid. I would rather we remove it and let it be what is already provided in the Act in terms of how you can replace nominees and leave it to the rules, because the parties are supposed to submit their nomination rules to the IEBC, showing how they will do it and who will be the signatories. Let that be an administrative procedure rather than saying that once the first one has been accepted nothing else can be accepted, irrespective of whether it was an error or a forgery. So, actually we could end up with one certificate being signed by the chairman and secretary general in the morning and then somebody goes to the organizing secretary and the vice-chairman to sign another one. We saw this happening some years back when the first one to get through the gate would be the one validly nominated, yet everyone has a certificate. Let us leave it to the point where three people come and create a situation where there has to be some validation among them. I would rather have mitigation than locking all the others out."
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