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    "id": 758437,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. We know we only have a few days to the elections. Elections are less than 30 days away from today. We know very well that there are certain ills that were even noted by the Supreme Court in the judgement that we, as parliamentarians, have a role to rectify. It is wrong for a Member of Parliament to cease playing their role of legislation even where they can see clearly that this legislation is meant for the good of the people. They are waiting for somebody to tell them to either do it or not. I do not need my President, Uhuru Kenyatta, or my Deputy President to tell me that this is good legislation. I have the brains to read and understand that we have to cure certain ills that were in the Election Laws Act for the sake of not just Jubilee, but also NASA. Why would we not want to see a returning officer who falsifies a document being jailed? We have seen what falsified documents have done to the elections that have just passed. Why would we not want to deal with that returning officer before the 26th? How does that hurt NASA and help Jubilee? I think it helps all of us. It helps the entire nation. We are trying to avoid going to an election and ending up in the Supreme Court again. We want to conduct an election in finality and get this country back to its feet, get this country working, get our economy back to normal and not stay in a campaign mode forever. When I look at those that are actually opposing this Motion, it is clear that they are afraid of something that is non-existent."
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