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    "id": 330612,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Amina Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, regulation 100 be amended- (a) in paragraph (1) by deleting the words “may” immediately after the words “the Commission” and substituting therefor the word “shall”; (b) by inserting the new paragraph immediately after paragraph (1) - “(1A) All disputes emanating from political party nominations shall be resolved by the Commission at least seven days to the day designated for submission to the Commission by political parties of the names of their respective candidates”. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, Article 88(4)(E) of the Constitution requires that the Electoral Commission deals with disputes emanating from political party nomination processes. You will notice that the courts did throw back the disputes that were in the last two by-elections to the IEBC. So, the import of this amendment is that there is no discretion for the IEBC to use the word “may” develop and publish in the Gazette rules of procedures, including timelines applicable for the settlement of election disputes from the Constitution. So, we are replacing the word “may” with “shall.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, secondly, we are also providing a timeline by which the IEBC must have resolved political parties disputes, emanating from nominations, by saying that they must do this seven days from the deadline of them accepting nomination papers. That is the import of the amendment to Regulation 100."
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