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    "id": 576210,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/576210/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njenga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Kigo Njenga",
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    "content": "So, I call this Bill, which I support, a reconciliation Bill. It is like that one of Hon. Kaluma and others. If anyone uses the current Constitution, you can easily have Members of County Assembly (MCAs) having their elections and other people having their elections. By so doing, we will be losing the economies of scale of one large election where we could have six elections and spend about Kshs15 billion and Kshs17 billion. If we have two, we shall spend about Kshs30 billion. Therefore, this country, which is rotating around the vicious cycle of poverty, will save more than Kshs15 billion by having one election, which is double the amount that we saved when we did not go for a runoff for the presidency the other day. We can then put this money into the savings of Kenyans and make their livelihoods better. That is one of the reasons why I support this Bill. You know the political heat that goes with elections in Kenya. By the way, we need time to heal in order to bring in our social and economic lifestyles back to life. I would like to suggest that with one election in December, we will enjoy Christmas as we enjoy victory for those who would have won. If I win I will enjoy Christmas as well as the New Year and my victory. Those who lose will actually heal. The New Year will find us as one Kenya to go on with our lives. 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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