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    "id": 763617,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763617/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
        "slug": "naomi-shaban"
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    "content": "Article 1 of our Constitution is very clear. Kenyans are the ones who have the sovereign mandate of deciding who their leaders should be and, more so, who their president should be. Kenyans should be given a chance to make that decision following the Supreme Court ruling. It is time for us to go back to Kenyans and ask them to vote for our favourable candidates. I will be campaigning vigorously for the President. We should also make sure that Kenyans campaign peacefully. It is all work to ensure that Kenya is safe and Kenyans can enjoy doing their politics without quarrelling and fighting. Having come from post-election violence experience, I would not like to see Kenya going back to what we faced in January and February 2008. It is shame we have been demonstrating instead of selling our candidates because to sell our candidates following the decision of the Supreme Court means going to discuss the vision of the person you are marketing. I want to ask all my colleagues, from both the majority and the minority side that, it is upon us to ensure that Kenyans are safe and they do not fight at this time of campaigns. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, hopefully, by the time we come back on 7th November 2017, we shall have our Chief Executive in place and Kenyans will resume their normal lives. This country has been thrown into a spin following the Supreme Court decision and more so following the confusion which has followed and even some of the candidates pulling out. Believe you me, we might be playing with this, but at the end the day, we might end up regretting the decisions we have rushed to make."
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