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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, this Communication relates to consideration of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016. Hon. Members, you will recall that yesterday, Wednesday 30th August 2016 during the afternoon Sitting, during the Second Reading of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the Member for Kisumu Town West, Hon. Olago Aluoch, rose on a Point of Order seeking direction from the Speaker on matters arising out of the debate. Specifically, he sought determination on whether the Members could propose amendments to the Bill in light of the Communication from the Speaker with regard to further amendments to the Report of the Joint Committee on matters relating to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Member additionally sought direction from the Speaker on whether it would be proper for the House to continue debate on the Bill in its present form, which according to the Hon. Member, does not conform to the Resolution of the House on the Report of the Joint Committee on matters relating to the IEBC with regard to the recommendation to restrict candidates seeking political offices from changing parties – an act commonly referred to as “party-hopping”. Hopping like grasshoppers."
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