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    "id": 655988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to also support the Election Laws (Amendment) (No.3) Bill with all its amendments. I stand to support it on two grounds. First, it is trying to explain our election laws more clearly than has been done in the past. We know of cases in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, most of which have been challenged on technicalities based on the understanding of the law. For instance, do we start counting the 28 days after the elections have been announced or after the certificate has been issued? This law goes a long way to define that. That helps the country to move forward so that we can now understand what the law stands for and when that counting starts. We need to have people who are serious about campaigns and who are going to engage in politics, not as a part-time hobby but because they believe in it as a career. The requirement that public servants who want to contest in elections should resign at least six months before the Election Day makes a lot of sense. In the past, we have had a scenario of contestants who want to have their cake and eat it too. These are people who are not serious and are opportunists, for lack of a better word, who wait for the last minute to ditch their jobs. They may be working but their heart is elsewhere because they want to contest and, therefore, do not give Kenyans the service they deserve. This requirement of resigning six months before the elections if you are serious is a reasonable period for one to quit. This will give you a chance to interact with the people and build the network that it takes to win an election. You need brains in politics just like in any other career. You need people who have gone to school. If there is any place that we ever needed people who have gone to school it is in 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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