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    "id": 690523,
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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": "Two, the signature of the Leader of the Minority Party and my signature are appended to this Bill. That means that this is a Bill of both coalitions in this House. Thirdly, I want to go on record that this Bill is borne out of the passage of the Joint Select Committee’s Report, which was done last week. The passage means that those Bills are legitimately before the House. Finally, although I am going to raise it at the Committee of the whole House, I have a Communication which was made by the substantive Speaker. We will raise those objections when we get there. We want the leadership to view this thing with a lot of care. Yes, we might discuss one or two provisions, but this is not an ordinary private Member’s Bill or ordinary Government Bill. I said when I was moving the Bill that it is the first time in the 11th Parliament that a Bill is co- signed by the two leaders of the House. It reminded me of the National Accord to which Hon. Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga appended their signatures. This might be of a lesser implication, but they are the same. It is a negotiated document. We have a choice on how we treat it. Debate has concluded and Members have contributed clause by clause. Issues were raised. We have an opportunity tomorrow to relook at it, but I want to urge everybody that this is a very unique Bill. It is a bipartisan Bill. It is a Bill that is part of the reform agenda of reforming the IEBC and August 2017 general elections."
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