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    "id": 641951,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641951/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "That is what we call the waiting card. The law is there. The problem we are facing in this country is we are dealing with an electoral body that is rogue, incompetent, partisan and which participates in the electoral process as a player. It is not impartial. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has decided to behave like it owns the electoral process of this country. We need to remind IEBC that the electoral process belongs to the people of Kenya. The IEBC is just a referee. They cannot rely on regulations. I remember when they refused to use this law and we asked them why they were not applying the law, they answered that they relied on regulations generated by IEBC. Regulations cannot override statutes. Neither can they override the Constitution. The Constitution is superior to any other law. Statutes are superior to regulations. So, we are dealing with a rogue institution. In fact, it is high time that we challenge the IEBC’s decision not to register Kenyans with waiting cards in court. We cannot have a body that is conducting elections that listens to itself only and cannot listen to anyone. Almost 90 per cent of the times they are wrong. As good as this Motion is, I remind this House that there is nothing new. The law is there. It is IEBC that has refused to follow it. This House is just adding its voice to a rogue IEBC."
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