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    "id": 760398,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/760398/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A. B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Further, Section 14(2) of the Elections Act is in conflict with Article 35(3) of the Constitution which provides for the State to publish and publicize any important information affecting the nation. So, Article 35(1) of the Constitution says the citizens must access information and Article 35(3) says the State must publicise and publish. These amendments of the 11th Parliament contradict the Constitution and that is the reason we are seeking to delete Section 14(2). For somebody like me who comes from a marginalized region, I need that information to compare and tell whether Government is biased towards one region. How many roads are they building in North Eastern vis-a-vis the roads being built in Rift Valley, Western or Nyanza? If you lock the citizens and its leaders from that information, it becomes difficult for us to represent our people. The fundamental thing is that this section was, in fact, unconstitutional. Even the Opposition can publish and publicise their achievements. The Members of Parliament can as well publish and publicise their achievements through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). The county governments could do the same."
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