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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to, first of all, appreciate the Senate Majority Leader for moving this Bill eloquently. I beg to second. I did not have the opportunity to congratulate you and this House last week.We demonstrated that we are a House of debate, a sober House where consultations take place and we work towards bipartisan approaches. We, as a country, also respect the Constitution when it comes to democracy. I also want to thank you and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, where I sit as a Member, for the opportunity of listening to Kenyans who appeared before us.They were not less than 59. We read the memoranda that came from them. It was a good opportunity for us to debunk some of the myths that have been debated out there that do not exist in the actual texture of this Bill. We had Presidential candidates before us, Sen. Orengo, ordinary Kenyans and even people in civil society.We are happy to say that we are making a decision having gone through the process of listening to Kenyans and given them an opportunity to give their views on the Bill. This Bill is very important. I want to point out a few things. First, Kenyans have the impression that there was a Bill to only amend Section 44 of the Elections Act. I had an opportunity to serve in the Joint Committee of the National Assembly and the Senate led by Sen. Murungi and Sen. Orengo respectively. Therefore, I have institutional memory of where we came from and where we are at the moment. I want to start by talking about education qualification. People who came here were very emotive when they were presenting on the amendment on education qualification---"
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