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    "id": 48966,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/48966/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "safeguard the interests of the people of Kenya at all times. If these individuals are appointed on part-time basis, it will not be possible for them to overcome these challenges. For instance, I will second my employee to be a part-time Commissioner with the IEBC and the loyalty of that individual will always remain to the first employer. We must have Commissioners who will be permanent regardless of their numbers and where they come from, who will again represent the regional, religious and all the diversities of the people of Kenya. Elections represent the aspirations of the citizenry of any country. Therefore, managing elections is a very important institutional requirement of any Government. Universal franchise is an important component of the democratic governance of any country. For us to get all these right, we must be prepared to sacrifice. We must be prepared, as taxpayers, to pay the nine Commissioners and their Chairman dearly, so that they can manage the elections as expected by the people of Kenya. Just having a mere Constitution is not an issue at all. We must inculcate a culture of transparency, accountability and tolerance. For us to get this, we must sit down, think and reflect on what makes the Kenyan society to turn on each other. We know the resilience of the Kenyan people. We know that Kenyans come from different communities. We know that there are all crops of politicians and there will always be different political parties with different ideologies or even competing ideologies."
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