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    "id": 763680,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwathi",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion for adjournment. In so doing, I also appreciate the Communication that you just made regarding approval of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill by the Senate. For us, it is good news. Therefore, I hope this will put to rest matters of concern in this country. It will also seal the loopholes that almost sent this country to the dogs through the cancelling of the presidential election results. Even as I support this Motion, it was advised by the Speaker that under the provisions of the Constitution on access to information, at one time within this week, you would publish the names of attendance of Members so that we can see who is fooling who in this country. There are Members from the NASA Coalition who are lying to those who elected them that they do not attend sessions in this House. It is only fair that even as we go to tell our people that we have electoral laws that are going to seal the loopholes, and as we anticipate to have an election, that we have a record. It is public knowledge that those people have been coming here because some of them have been seen. If we can have that document, we will appreciate. One of the major items that came out as we go to recess is not that we are very tired; we have not been here for a long time. I am happy that we have been able to pass the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, a Bill that now takes care of the fresh presidential election. I am happy to say that the Committee, led by Hon. Limo, was even able to add Kshs2 billion to the money that had been allocated by the IEBC. That should tell Kenyans that the repeat presidential election shall be held. I also welcome the ruling of the High Court that put to rest the matter of whether it is two people or three people who will be on the ballot, subsequent to which the IEBC gave a statement to the effect that everybody who was on the ballot on the presidential election of 8th August will be in the ballot for the fresh presidential election of 26th October. As we also welcome the letter that was written by Baba, saying that he wishes to withdraw, I am looking The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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