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    "id": 676212,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/676212/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odhiambo Opiyo",
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    "content": "This House does not exist in a vacuum and all of us understand the political environment in which we exist currently. Just before the Joint Select Committee was formed, this country was actually hanging at the brink. The whole country sighed with relief the day His Excellency the President and the leaders of CORD agreed that there was need to speak to one another and that there was need to come up with a Joint Select Committee that would have equal representation. I do not understand why at this point in time Parliament is rushing to make these reforms and yet we have existed since the first day we were sworn in. We knew that these things would come up and that we would have an election in less than five years. The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has been in this House throughout but was unable to bring these amendments in good time. Yesterday, the Leader of the Majority Party alluded to the fact that all the Bills before this House touching on the reforms to the electoral system will temporarily be suspended awaiting the outcome of the conversations that will be going at the Joint Committee. It is very difficult to understand why we are in such a hurry now to amend our electoral system. 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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