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    "id": 676184,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "The third thing I would like to speak to is the fact that Kenya needs long lasting electoral reforms. Our greatest problem is not whether the IEBC goes home or whether we do another properly selected selection panel. However, Kenya needs to relook at its electoral issues; the sort or type of election we need. The Member for Kiharu spoke to the fact that in terms of proportions, and in terms of the number of seats in this House, the Jubilee coalition has more seats in this House. If at all the vote will be tilted, it will be in favour of the Jubilee Coalition. If you look at the vote that was cast in the last general election, you will realise that it is close to 51 per cent for Jubilee, whether they are legitimate or not, and 49 percent going to the CORD coalition. The voices of those five million voters cannot be emasculated in a manner that is done in the current electoral cycle. We really need to look at whether Kenya needs a faster post electoral system or it needs to rethink the manner in which, for example, I vote, simply because my presidential candidate was not pronounced president, and the five million votes do not count for something. That is the sort of conversation that I am looking forward to seeing from the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee of the Senate and the National Assembly as to what form and manner Kenya needs to look at. 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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