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    "id": 688727,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/688727/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion as amended. I want to congratulate the Deputy Speaker for allowing the amendment by Hon. Olago Aluoch. That was the most contentious part of this Report. As much as I support this Report, as a country and lawmakers, we need to put in place measures, policies and legislations to develop our electoral system so that we do not create a new electoral body after every election. It is unfortunate that after two elections, two electoral bodies were disbanded. For how long will this trend continue? We need to have a strong electoral body like Ghana, the United States of America (USA) and other western countries. This Report exonerates and gives a clean bill of health to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners. There is no incriminating evidence including the many petitions brought before this House. However, since the country is bigger than us and those commissioners, we are here to solve this problem politically and move this country forward. I read through the Report and like I said yesterday, we need to set precedent as Parliament so that we work within the framework of the Constitution and the law. If we move this way, then this country is doomed. This Report comes up with words like “dignified exit” which is not even defined in law. What is a dignified exit? We should move this country forward by having a political solution to this problem."
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