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    "id": 762668,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Githinji",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this debate. First of all, I must be excited by hon. Members on your left for being supportive of the Bill before this House. I would like to start by saying that one of the pivotal roles of Members of Parliament is to legislate. It is not upon people from outside this country to do so. It is not upon the people who are demonstrating on the streets to dictate to the Members of the National Assembly as to when they should be legislating in order to put the electoral rules in this country into the right path. Having said so, the amendments that are sought in this Bill are very crucial for the stability of this country and for proper elections to be conducted. First, I wish to agree with all Hon. Members who have contributed in support of the composition of the Commission. When a commission is being formed, the persons who apply to be commissioners normally go through a very rigorous vetting process and each one of the members of the Commission can as well chair and preside over the proceedings of the Commission. So, when the Chairman of the IEBC is not present for any reason, the Vice- Chairperson or any other member - if the Vice-Chairperson is not present - could be elected to chair. That way, the business of the Commission will proceed since it is important for this country."
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