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    "id": 688943,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 37 of 2016), and the Election Offences Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 39 of 2016) and from 14 to five days. Hon. Speaker, this is a straightforward Procedural Motion. These Bills were attached to the Report of the Joint Select Committee on Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). All that was discussed in that Report needs to be transferred into a legislative policy. The first Bill, the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill brings out a lot of reforms that the Joint Select Committee proposed. The second one is the Election Offences Bill, which I am sure the Joint Select Committee did good work on it. Currently, all offences related to election matters are in various statutes. The Committee felt that there was need to bring all offences that pertain to elections to one specific Act of Parliament. Without anticipating debate, since we are breaking for a long recess on Thursday, it was the view of the House Business Committee (HBC) last Tuesday, in your absence, that we give priority to these particular pieces of legislation. This is in the spirit of what the two coalitions agreed on in the Joint Select Committee’s Report. This is just to reduce the publication period so that we refer the Bills to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to look at them and bring us a Report. 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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