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    "id": 373244,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am actually lost on whether to support the Procedural Motion or not to support it. This is because it raises very weighty matters because the issue of marriage as many hon. Members have said is a very sensitive topic in this country. You can see that even in this House, as much as many of us profess to be in marriage, there are issues that we would like to scrutinize. However, I would like to request the Mover of this Procedural Motion to probably consider withdrawing it and maybe separate the two very weighty issues because the issue of marriage is weighty. Financing political parties and campaigns is also a very weighty issue. In light of what we have been hearing outside this House, very old and retired men fighting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), there should be a key element in this Bill to finance campaigns. I think we should give Members more time. I request hon. Chepkonga to separate the two issues. Of course, I will be opposing the element of rushing through campaign financing because as I have said, we have seen old men in this country who are having problems with the IEBC. We cannot rush issues that will touch on that Commission. I hope hon. Chepkonga could consider withdrawing this Procedural Motion and giving Members more time to read the Bills and understand them more."
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