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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 18 of 2016) be read a Second Time. We have been going through electoral reforms as a Committee and this is one of the Bills in that regard. We started with the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, which we passed and has already been assented into law. We came to the second Bill, which was the Election (Amendment) Bill, to deal with the Elections Act, which we have dealt with in the Second Reading. The HBC has made a decision that all those elections amendment Bills be held in abeyance pending the conclusion of the work we have at the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee, which is co-chaired by my good friends and seniors, Sen. Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu Murungi. For the benefit of Hon. Midiwo, he may want to be informed suitably that Sen. Orengo was my very good lawyer in of the cases. He ensured that the case went very smoothly. So, I have a lot of respect for him. We have no issues with him. It is only the media, other people and groups who are saying that I have issues with Sen. Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu. These are my seniors. We have a lot of respect in our profession. We disagree, but with a lot of decorum. We do not go to the Press. Our disagreement ends in court because we do not argue in the public opinion. We do not prosecute our matters in that manner. So, I have a lot of regard. Once they assist with a matter, I will always allow them to be the first ones. The late Justice Madan, who was the Chief Justice, advised warring lawyers; a young one and an old one, not told the young one not to despise the old lawyer because he had the benefit of experience. He asked the old lawyer not to despise the young lawyer because he had the benefit of recent learning. I have the 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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