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    "id": 716092,
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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 very much Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is sad that Sen. Sang stopped the flow of my points to Kenyans. I was saying, this is very important and any Kenyan who speaks in this House---First of all, I started by lauding all of us. This is a House of debate. Unless somebody wants us to come here and behave otherwise such as start fighting, doing all manner of things or walking out, we have no such intention. We come here to talk and let Kenyans know our mind, speak to each other and not at each other and to have these records preserved for eternity so that whichever way this country goes, Kenyans will know who said what and what they stood for when they were given an opportunity to lead this country, either to save or burn it. So, as I was saying, we are all shocked that after agreeing, that we go electronic, why the sudden change? What shocks me is that the most contentious aspect of the electronic system is being attacked; the electronic results transmission. That was the bone of contention in 2007 and 2013, which almost burnt this country. It almost sent this country packing and divided it into 47 states of Kenya instead of a united Kenya. When we speak, know that there is nobody with the authority to force anything on anybody. Kenyans are living together peacefully as ordained by God and respecting their leaders; and not being forced into slavery or an attitude of servitude. You can say something that can bind us together or split this nation. That is why I am very careful with my words. I am really shocked when we still hear from the Majority Leader and his deputy that the system we are talking about is not manual but they are only stating that there should be some “complementary” system in place. Which is this ambiguous complementary system that should be put in place to help an electronic system? People go digital and electronic to perfect a system. Now, we are being told that it is worse than we thought. We thought that they were even saying that we need a manual system alongside the electronic one. The Majority Leader and his deputy have stated that they did not mean that it is a manual system but there is just some 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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