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    "id": 715872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "December 28, 2016 SENATE DEBATES 32 Sen. Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also congratulate this Senate and you particularly for the manner in which we are moving. I was worried when I was coming because I thought we would be rushed to vote on this Bill in the same manner that we did the Bill that became the Act that we are now seeking to amend. If you recall, some of us expressed some reservations. Nevertheless, we were told not to remove a comma or a full stop and we voted. That is why, perhaps, if we had listened and held public participation, we may not have been here today. Some of the issues or short falls that we are now seeing would have been omitted at that time. I request the Committee to do a thorough job. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we represent counties and as a Senator, I know that what is good for my county is good for Kiambu and what is good for Kiambu is good for Kisumu. So, the issue of imagining that the majority and the minority will either go this way or that way should not arise because each one of us represents a county that wants fair and transparent elections. Therefore, partisan issues should not arise. Today, our country is viewed as a country where anything could happen during elections. I think the Senate is doing us proud. Today, Kenyans, foreigners and investors will go to sleep knowing that there is a House of Parliament which is a House of reason that will ensure that elections will be peaceful."
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