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    "id": 333230,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the first four general elections after the multiparty system were bogged down by only one cry - and I know many Members in this House know what some of us went through because of one thing. The then Electoral Commission was not perceived to be independent; that it was under the control of the Government. In fact, we went on and changed the name of the commission from the “Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK)” to the “Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)”. Is the Minister telling us that the new commission has now lost its independence to the extent that whereas we forgave them when you attempted to procure on behalf of the IEBC, it went into your heads; you have gone on now and arrogated to yourselves the power as the Government to identify polling stations? The polling stations in the embassies are simply like a polling station in Makhokho in Ikolomani. It is identified by the IEBC. Where on earth did you get the power to identify polling stations by telling the IEBC, “No, you cannot vote in Kampala. You cannot vote in Washington”?"
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