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    "id": 757761,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ayub Savula Angatia",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Lugari",
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    "content": "Some Members of Parliament are beating war drums. We are mentally preparing our supporters for chaos. We do not want to walk that path of the International Criminal Court anymore because it is embarrassing for a developed democracy like Kenya to go that route. You have seen some youths demonstrating against the Judiciary. What does that tell you? It means that we are heading into a chaotic situation. The demonstrations against the IEBC only mean that we are headed into a chaotic situation. Let us sit down as Members of Parliament and discuss the electoral laws the way we did last time after being lectured by our principals. I remember President Uhuru lecturing us at a Parliamentary Group meeting. The Opposition was also lectured. We came here and passed the laws within a record 30 minutes. Why can we not do the same now instead of beating war drums? If this country burns, it will not be a Kikuyu or a Luhya burning. We will burn together. Let us reason together as elected Members of Parliament instead of playing tribal and divisive politics or politics of demonstrations. Let us create a level playground where the election will be free and fair. We have to start by reforming the IEBC. Lack of reforms in the electoral body is what created the crisis in the 2007 General Election. Is that the path we want to walk? We have been sworn in as Members of Parliament. Let us sit down, look at the electoral laws, reform them nicely and go for repeat election on 26th October 2017. The issue of attacking the two principals, namely, Hon. Raila or Hon. Uhuru, does not add 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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