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    "id": 715866,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you may not have me here for a long time. Democracy has advanced, especially in a society like ours. We no longer speak of majority having their way and the minority having their say. It is conscientious democracy in a society like ours. It is extremely important to give respect to conscientious democracy which goes to underline the principle of inclusiveness. If we insist on this issue of majority having their way and minority having their say; that is what leads to conflict and anarchy. The basis to the Committee that drafted these Bills and laws that came to this House - and we were told not to remove a comma or add a full-stop - was because of conscientious democracy that Committee had. Therefore, rather than deal with the results or duress from the “lower” House, let this House free itself. I am glad that we have freed ourselves by taking the monitory way then let us free ourselves to make sure that the electoral laws that we are going to pass will enjoy the confidence of every Kenyan and every voter. Finally, where does honesty begin and end? Indeed, if you are acting honestly, then that Bill that went to the “lower” House should have been a Bill reached at by consensus in both sides of the political divide. However, it was taken there in a partisan manner and hence the conflict in the “lower” House. Now, we need to understand that partisanship must end. We must begin debating this issue on the basis of conscientious democracy."
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