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    "id": 1046087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to join other Senators in appreciating the Statement being sought by Sen. Seneta because it raises critical issues surrounding the 2022 elections. The only information I wanted to disclose to my learned friend is that in the BBI, the application of Article 89 (4) of the Constitution that requires that new constituencies must be in place 12 months before a general election have been stayed by the report in the transition clauses. Even if the BBI report was to pass let us say in December this year, the new constituencies will be applied in the 2022 elections. I agree with Sen. Seneta that there is a lot of work cut out for IEBC. Other than the issue she has raised about constituencies, I have no doubt that boundaries for our wards will be altered. If you create 12 constituencies in Nairobi, it means that you will have new wards. In the last general election, we were guided by the Kriegler Report, where the minimum number of wards was given as three. The average is four but there are a few that have up to seven. This means that we shall have an alteration of our ward boundaries. If BBI was to pass, the 12 months period that obligates the new constituencies not to apply to a general election will not be applied. I agree that there is work cut out for IEBC and it is good we engage them so that we test their preparedness to undertake this important task. However, my Committee is up to task."
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