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    "id": 716067,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. To start with, today is an important day in this country because the Bill before us could be said to hold the future of this nation. All of us are mature Kenyans who have been here for as long as we have lived, all of us do not have options, we do not have Kenyan number, two or three where any of us can take Kenya number two. If we destroy Kenya number one, then you go to Kenya number two. All of us have one country and one life; that Kenya is one. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before us is a Bill that holds literally the future of this nation. Three-quarters of this country are saying “no” to the proposed amendments and a quarter of this country is insisting on the process. I want to laud this House as I did before for the sobrierity with which we handled this matter before. This matter was referred to a committee of this House to give the public the benefit of participation. That has now happened. I am a bit surprised that even before we look at the proposals from the Committee, I have sat here and heard sentiments from Members of the Senate stating that it does not matter what inputs the public has already given to the Committee and that at our position, we have heard and confirmed. That is not true. I believe I am speaking for many Kenyans. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I came here to read and have the benefit of knowing exactly what the other Kenyans who presented themselves before that Senate Committee had to say and it could change my position. I do not know how to have a firm stand if I can be convinced that a process as important as the system that we want to have for voting and transmission of results which was the bone of contention in 2007 and it led to bloodshed is still coming up. It is like a big giant that is still coming up to swallow our children and we are in a dilemma whether to kill this snake or to allow it to bite. I am here to be convinced and to convince the other Members on what I think is the right way forward. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my only worry is that I am shocked. In 2013, my side of the Coalition insisted that we go manual. The other side insisted on electronic voting process. They carried the day and they had electronic voting system. We contested and we still do even the process and the results thereof. Now, because we have one country, we The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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