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    "id": 972188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/972188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Munene Wambugu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13382,
        "legal_name": "John Munene Wambugu",
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    "content": "in court for 20 or 30 years. The law on election petitions cured a lot of mischief. Before then, you win a case, your election is challenged, the system plays and by the time your election is determined, the other election is coming up. You will find that someone who filed the case when the elections were announced sees the next election held before his or her case is determined. That makes that case superfluous. It has been a good thing. As we speak, most election petitions have been finalised. If it is done for election petitions, why can it not be done on land matters, labour matters and all types of matters? I think it is doable. We should, as a country, move towards that direction of making sure that we set timelines for each type of case. We should say if it is two years, three years or six months for a case to stay in the courts. That is so that, at least, any litigant will know, even in the worst case scenario he or she cannot take more than two or one year on a certain matter. It is a good thing. It is a positive thing and we can learn from the rulings of the courts on election petitions."
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