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    "id": 47721,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/47721/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 57,
        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying this because if you look at the role that the new commission will be tasked with, you will find that it is monumental. We are looking at an expanded role for the commission of overseeing the elections of two out of the three arms of the National Government, two arms of the county governments, delineation of the county boundaries and the preparation for elections that are due next year. When we look at this, let us think where we have come from. The problems that this country experienced when we had the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), which gave birth to this House that approved a Bill and an Act of Parliament for the establishment of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) and Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC), are basically what the new Constitution and particularly this Bill tries to address. This is an opportunity for us to get it right. We should make sure that we do not get it wrong again and go down the path that this country had gone last time."
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