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    "id": 408392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Well, I think here there are two issues. One, which is very important to all Members, is that when we pass laws, we do not pass them to be broken. If they are broken, that is done out there and usually when passing them, we are assuming that implementation will happen. So, let us have some trust in the Commission, even though I understand what you are saying about the past. We can pass laws from where we are sitting; we do not pass them because we suffered in the last election, but because we want to move forward as a country. It is very worrying to bind the IEBC only to this law. As I said earlier, there are many other Acts that apply to this matter that are under discussion today. So the only way to look at it is by use of the word “may.” It will give the IEBC the guidance that they require; they will not just go after any information unless it is authorized by law. Since we do not know what the other laws say, allow the other laws, if need be, to also apply. The other way of curing that issue, we should require the IEBC to follow provisions of the laws and not just this particular law; but provisions of the law whichever they may be, whether it is the Constitution or other existing Acts of Parliament--- I would like to ask hon. (Eng.) Gumbo not to bind the IEBC to only this Act, but really to provide that the Commission shall cite the provisions of the law under which the request is made, and not just this law."
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