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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have no intention of scaring the Member for Kibra. I am only asking him to prepare himself psychologically for the battle ahead. Clause 15 seeks to amend Section 40 of the Elections Act to allow the Commission to partner with non-state agencies in the provision of voter education. These include religious groups. Clause 16 seeks to amend Section 43 of the Act to delete references to election offences which are proposed to be contained in a separate election law on offences. This Bill is trying to remove all election offences. The reason is, after this, we have the Election Offences Bill. So, an amalgamation of all election offences has been put in that Bill. So, Section 43 of the Act is currently about offences. So, it is deleting. Clause 18 is a consequential provision following the repeal of the election offences from the Elections Act to the proposed Election Offences Bill, 2016. In terms of neatness in legislative 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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