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    "id": 516055,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I support this Bill. In fact, it has been long overdue. If you can recall, in 2012, there was an amendment when the Elections Act was put together. Then, there was the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Act in 2012 where the Elections Act was amended so that anybody who is participating in an election would not hold a harambee eight months prior to the election date. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you saw for yourself in the last elections how important and powerful that particular amendment was; in terms of bringing together issue-based competition during elections rather than simply pouring of money across the constituencies. Part of the Bill, in my opinion, should include extension of that particular miscellaneous amendment to provide that once elected, an individual should not participate in harambees because this causes a lot of abuses. The first abuse is by those who participate in harambees. The question that arises is; where does the money come from? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when an individual goes to a function and we know that his payslip, because we have got pay slips here in the Senate, reads Kshs100,000 and the individual goes on to contribute Kshs600,000 as if he is a tycoon like Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, where is that person assumed to have got money from? Where do you get that money from? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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