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    "id": 1046075,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to support this Statement brought by Sen. Seneta because if you read the Kriegler Report, it stated very clearly that elections is not about the day that people go to cast their ballot. It is about the roadmap to elections including but not limited to issuance of identification documents (IDs), which must be fair and equitable, registration of voters, which must be fair and equitable and above all, the integrity of the voters’ roll. What Sen. Seneta is asking is spot on. We need to encourage the IEBC that is currently in office to continue making it known to the public how many people are getting registered in the process of continuous registration; how regular they are updating the registers after registrations; the linkage between the issuance of IDs and the registration of new voters; and, the updating of registers by bringing on board people who have either lost their IDs or need to re-enter the voters’ roll if they have for one reason or another been expunged or left out. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also have a situation going to the next elections when in the 10 year cycle, IEBC ought to be reviewing and delimiting electoral boundaries. We know that the 290 constituencies are locked in the Constitution. However, they still have a duty to review boundaries, especially in areas where demographic growth has been extremely positive or negative so that boundaries can be recreated to have equitable representation of voters. However, they now face a bigger challenge because if BBI goes through - I hope it will - it is creating another 70 constituencies. The 70 constituencies are away from the 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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