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    "id": 676135,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ganya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "If we have a competent IEBC Secretariat, we should be able to manage our elections without much problem. Thirdly, we have had issues with our periodic elections. We thank God that in the 2013 elections, we did not have chaos. With the Constitution, the people believed that the Supreme Court would adjudicate fairly on electoral matters. Whether they did it or not is for others to judge. That is not my duty at the moment. This country was not chaotic as it happened in 2007 simply because there was hope in the new Constitution and the institutions that were in place that even those who lost elections might have their cases heard and hopefully determined in their interests. Now that we have doubts even with the Judiciary, including the Supreme Court, unless we are sensitive in how we manage our elections, I am afraid the 2007 scenario might be with us again. That is why it is really important for us to have a well negotiated arrangement when it comes to management of elections in this country. What is happening today might be a very bad precedent for this nation. If leaders of this nation, whether in the Opposition or in the ruling Coalition, do not have faith in Parliament simply because you may feel that you do not have a majority in Parliament, we try and make decisions that are binding and for the larger good of this nation outside Parliament, I am afraid this precedent may not serve us very well. This is a fact that we have to live with and is history in the making. This is a precedent which is we should try hard not to pursue in future. I hope we will have the reforms we need with the IEBC and some aspects of this Bill which are very good will be incorporated in the final Bill if there will be one. I hope the Joint Select Committee will agree on certain issues and come up with a Bill which we will all endorse as we work towards electoral reforms in our nation."
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