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    "id": 927993,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Motion. I want to make it clear that I support the amendments. The integrity of any electoral process cannot be overemphasised. We have lived in this country where we are told by a few individuals that winning an election is one thing but being announced the winner by the IEBC is the second thing. It is important that the IEBC undergoes reforms. Certain amendments are part of the reforms that this House should support. Even as I support, I would want the Committee to go beyond what they have done today because we have witnessed scenarios where whenever we approach a general election, because some people either fear the elections or they are not prepared for them, they hold the IEBC hostage. They employ all manner of tactics to curtail the efforts of the electoral body to conduct a free, fair and credible election. That includes buying a few commissioners to resign at a critical stage of the electoral cycle. I will see if it will be possible, whether I can bring amendments so that it is not possible for an IEBC Commissioner to resign from his or her position at least one year to a general election. If an IEBC Commissioner resigns, then such resignation should be suspended to a further date. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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