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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Innocent Obiri Momanyi",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Bobasi",
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        "legal_name": "Innocent Momanyi Obiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is my maiden speech. I want to take this opportunity to thank the great people of Bobasi for giving me this opportunity to serve them. This opportunity has been a preserve of one or two people for a long time. I have listened and followed the proceedings of this House and particularly the honourable Select Committee on the proposed changes to the laws. I wish to make my contribution. After the nullifications of the elections, I followed what the Supreme Court said and I did not see anywhere the Supreme Court had problems with the law. They had problems with other things, but not with the law. Therefore, they went ahead and ruled according to the law. They did not suggest that the law had any problem. I do not know why then we need to change the law at this point. Laws are meant for long-term use. When I look at the spirit these amendments and the speed with which they have been introduced, I see them being made specifically for the re- election of 26th October 2012. In my view, laws should not be made for a specific purpose or intention. I know there are two parties that are going to contest in the re-election – I happen not to be a Member of either of the two, so I do not have the baggage of having to follow any of them. I am a Member of the PDP. The parties that are going for the re-election are Jubilee and NASA. However, these laws are being made exclusively by Jubilee to be used by both parties. It is my humble submission that these laws should have been debated and passed by Members from both parties."
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