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    "id": 758514,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Paul Otiende Amollo",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Rarieda",
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    "content": " The fundamental issue - and I beg Members to listen to this carefully because elections in this country are always emotive - right now, the temperatures are high. The question we must ask ourselves is whether what we are doing will help or worsen the situation. In my humble submission, it will worsen the situation. Why? The Supreme Court made a decision directing the IEBC to conduct a fresh presidential election in strict compliance with the Constitution and the law – the law as was on 8th August. No matter what we change, that will not be the law that the IEBC will apply. So, what is the hurry in bringing it forth? However, if you change the law, the IEBC will then be at a crossroad. Does it follow the Supreme Court in terms of its instructions in its judgment or does it follow the National Assembly in terms of hurriedly changed laws? I submit that what will result is that the IEBC will then follow the National Assembly’s quickly and hurriedly changed laws – which are unconstitutional, and which will be declared as such – and purport to conduct an election which will, again, be nullified. I beg that we take the full 14 days so that we can consider the merit of this matter rather than hurry it and plunge this country into chaos. With those remarks, I oppose."
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