{"id":671442,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/671442/?format=json","text_counter":342,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13156,"legal_name":"Mutula Kilonzo Jnr","slug":"mutula-kilonzo-jnr"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will be quick. First, I want to thank CORD for appointing me to sit in this important Committee. Without saying more, the mandate is extensive. I have just been quietly telling my colleague here that I hope we will not engage or boggle ourselves into enquiries on the IEBC but we will concentrate on more fundamental issues of ensuring that we have a verifiable, accurate and quick election. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have been privileged to have acted in election petitions. I participated in 17 of them in 2003 including the one for the Deputy President, Hon. William Ruto, where I represented him. I represented people in four petitions in 2007 and three in 2013. The elections in this country have been a joke throughout. I think that is the most important aspect. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"}