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    "id": 542926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/542926/?format=api",
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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": "Looking again at the Report, being aware of the proposals of the African Charter on Elections and Governance, we are asking that all African countries commit themselves to free and fair elections. It is only through free and fair elections that we can get governments that serve the people as they should. Any government that gets to office, it does so to serve the people that elected it as well as those who did not vote for it. It is good to see the African Heads of State and governments agreeing to leave office. Nobody is a monopoly of knowledge. There cannot be a time where only one person knows every answer that the country needs answered such that they have to stay in office until Christ comes back. It is a shame that we still have African heads of government who want to stay in office until God comes for them. Nobody should leave office because of death. People should leave office because they have retired. They should leave office because they have served their country. Those of us who serve in Parliament are called upon to ensure that we embrace free and fair elections in order to allow our people to choose the leaders that they deserve. That particular charter, which the Report speaks to a lot, is very useful."
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