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    "id": 670085,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/670085/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for according me this opportunity to make my contribution on this Bill, which touches on elections. Elections in this country seem to be a matter of life and death. I do not think there is any other activity in this country that makes everybody else concentrate. For some of us who have visited other countries and looked at how they do their elections, we have seen that it is only Kenya that hypes elections. Immediately after the elections, there are campaigns for the next elections. The reason is that we have had in place flawed rules and laws for elections. This document we are debating today is not comprehensive. It is not going to completely solve the loopholes that we have in elections, but at least, I believe it will bring sanity to the election process in this country. Like what my colleagues have said, we have had several issues in elections like people fighting and doing so many things like going to court, rigging, buying certificates and all sort of things to win elections. I think this document will bring a little sanity to this country. I would just want to pass through some few issues which I thought are worth appreciating and making some suggestions about. The question of resignation from your job is very fundamental in the sense that most Government officials or public servants normally use resources such as Government vehicles to the disadvantage of those who are not employed. I do not also agree with the fact that when somebody resigns, that is the end of the story."
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