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    "id": 461721,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another reason why we need to support this Bill is because it is provided for under the Constitution that IEBC ought to regulate campaign finances. It is part of those laws that are supposed to be enacted so that Kenyans can start feeling the real impact of the new Constitution. The new Constitution has so many laws which are supposed to be implemented so that Kenyans can now feel that they are under the new constitutional dispensation. One of them is this one. Therefore, as Kenyans, we have that obligation to ensure that this law comes into law so that our constitutionalism is entrenched so that Kenyans can now feel they are part of a new political culture as opposed to the political culture that was there, particularly during the KANU era; where politicians could loot the economy so that they could be elected. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had a situation where public offices were only accessed by those people who have money. They tended to join the political The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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