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    "id": 1049359,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "a person is registered, that will be very weak. Remember when we had the Punguza MzigoInitiative; they lost, partly, because they had presented names of people who were not in the register and some whose signatures had been forged. It is our business as Parliament - and that is why the law is here - to come up with a specific method that we can give IEBC. Let us not surrender our guard simply because we want to move fast. If anything, it is not a matter of moving fast because BBI has already gone through the IEBC. We are specifically tasked to look at what is the best way in which we can make sure that signatures are verified and we actualize the verification. On this, I propose even further that it should be through IEBC devolving itself to the grassroots. Can we not verify those signatures within the devolved units of IEBC, that is, within where we come from? It is so that we ascertain that they are correct signatures. It does not necessarily mean that we have to carry the books to Nairobi. Members, we need to think widely on the issue of verification with the intention of making a good law. We need to make sure that at no given time will one person have it go through the IEBC without a certain form of verification. Remember even governments can be interested in referendums. The other thing I wanted to speak on is the county referendums. I have no quarrel with those ones. They may arise. The only thing that this Parliament needs to do is to make specific laws that will make it not very easy for referendums to become the order of the day at the county governments. However, at one point in time, a county government may require a referendum because we now have what we call trading blocs within the counties. At one point, one county within a trading bloc may have to decide whether they want to be part of that bloc or not. Let us not quickly pass it that we do not want many referendums from counties. They may arise and might require the participation of counties at that level. We should only make it difficult and procedural on how to reach the issue. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to speak on the issue of public participation. Public participation is crucial…"
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