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    "id": 901718,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we had a contentious election and people lost their lives. I sometimes speak against the ‗Handshake,‘ because it appears as if it is business as usual to have bad elections because it might result in a deal. We, as a country, cannot justify bad elections. The precedence that was set in 2007 should have been the last that it is okay to steal an election. The person that you spent so much on is sleeping in France, and yet the correct position is that the person was in Nairobi. We told Mr. Chiloba to go away, and he did not do so. Instead he sat around, walked away and resigned when he felt like. What sort of a country is this? We sat down and thought that the pastors, priests and Imams would give us a good commission. However, we ended up with Mr. Chiloba and Mr. Chebukati. Hon. Kaluma proposes that we go back to the old system, where the political parties set up the IEBC. He forgets very quickly that the problem about the 2007 Election – the Samuel Kivuitu and Kihara Muttu debacle – was as a result of Martha Karua unilaterally uprooting several commissioners. Politicians have failed because we have no capacity to be impartial. If Sen. Olekina proposes somebody, and he is in ODM, he expects the commissioner who is ODM to listen to him. Similarly, I am in the Wiper Party. If I propose a commissioner, I The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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