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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Githinji",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to support the Motion. Firstly, I would like to say that Kenya is for all of us. Kenya is bigger than any person or coalition of parties. First of all, I would like to make a correction against our unworthy opponents from the minority side. Let them not go around the country, cheating Kenyans that the President is devoid of some powers. Temporary incumbency takes effect from the moment the first vote is cast on the date of the repeat presidential election to the time when a new president assumes office. Upon the declaration of the presidential elections as null and void, it then appears that there were no elections. In that case, the President assumes all the powers that are bestowed to him by the Constitution. That is a clarification. All Kenyans should not be cheated around by our opponents. Having said so, the elections of this country can only be conducted by the IEBC. That independence is given under Article 249 of the Constitution, whereby one of the obligations of that independent commission is to protect the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. The second thing is to promote constitutionalism. When the opponents or the Opposition tries to remove that Commission or its members from office, it is actually violating the Constitution. That cannot be accepted. We are a sovereign State. We have a President who obeys the Constitution. As the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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