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    "id": 759088,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/759088/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 128, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bills No. 3 of 2017), from fourteen (14) days to one (1) day. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I have already indicated, we shall substantially debate this when we come to the formation of the Committee which is hereby provided for under Order No.10. This House has again been called upon in such a very historic moment to be the midwife of good order and rule of law. Sen. Fatuma Dullo has brought to this House a very important Bill. It has been certified by your office as an urgent Bill. Considering that elections will be held in the country in 28 days from today, this House has a responsibility to accommodate any Bill brought by any Member to this House and particularly when it is of such enormous impact in so far as the elections are concerned. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a lot of debate about this proposed Bill out there but it should be known that this is a House of rules and debate. It is an august House and a House of honour and representation that gives every Kenyan an opportunity to say what they want to say through democratically elected representatives and to have an opportunity to appear before the democratically elected representatives and make their case. Madam Temporary Speaker, our Standing Orders provide for flexibility to enable this House, when there is an urgent matter that needs to be considered, to give room for publication to be shortened from the 14 days required by the Standing Orders. That room is only given by leave of the House. This House must vote by majority to allow this Bill to be published in such a short time. First of all, there are many issues that people would like to say about this Bill to the public. However, since we will have a Motion in Order No.10, I encourage Members to take the shortest time possible to pass the Procedural Motion and then come back and ventilate on the formation of that Committee in Order No.10. Madam Temporary Speaker, this House must rise to the occasion. I have heard objections by Members of this House in the public about why they do not like this Bill and why they would not like us to publish it. That is welcome. However, there is a procedure in this House of expressing dislike, changing law and providing alternative suggestions. This is a great opportunity for us to do so. Even if we are going on recess, we have an opportunity to use these few days to make sure that the elections of 26th October, 2017, are free, fair and credible. We want to see this county move forward. I do not know any person who is happy to see Kenya in the situation that we are. The Constitution contemplated that there would be such a situation, but the political environment and the social fabric of this country cannot continue holding a situation of"
}