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"speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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"content": "The members of the public have not fully understood that the last register was scrapped and that it went home with the last Electoral Commission of Kenya. Therefore, there is need for every person to register afresh. The impression that I have received from the field is that, that matter has not been fully understood. So, I will really urge the Members of Parliament to use this time to urge their constituents to turn-up and register. We hope that we will get a reasonable number of people registering by the close of the exercise. Hon. Linturi was concerned about education of the people, so that the people fully understand and I agree with him. But I also want him to know that Kenyans are not hearing about the Constitution for the first time. You will remember that during the Ghai Commission, a very extensive civic education exercise was conducted countrywide. So, Kenyans, therefore, really knew and understood the Bomas Draft. What now needs to be done is for the people to be enlightened on the changes which have been introduced in the current draft. I agree that more resources and efforts need to be put into this exercise. We should use as much as possible vernacular languages, which are better understood by the people. The Electoral Commission and the Committee of Experts have been instructed to ensure that parts of this draft Constitution are translated into languages which people can easily understand. Also, vernacular radio stations will be used more extensively to explain the provisions of the Constitution, particularly the contentious ones, about which there are some disagreements, so that they are properly understood. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Ogindo gave his own statistics based on what can be seen as a perception. But I want Members to understand that the proper campaign has not been launched. It has not even started because the way things stand, the Attorney-General has not published the draft and the Electoral Commission has not even framed the questions. So, I really want the Members not to be worked up over sentiments being expressed by other Members based on their own perceptions. Hon. I. Ruto has been fully answered by hon. Namwamba. One, we have a National Accord, two, we have Agenda Four and this is part of it. We have gone through the whole process from the beginning up to now. It will be very hypocritical of this Government at this stage to now say that the Government will be neutral when it is one of the reasons why the Coalition Government was formed. We are not going to intimidate anybody. We are going to allow all the other Members to campaign very freely. The time for oranges and bananas is gone. Kenyans ate too much of them. We do not know what it is going to be, whether we are going to have a lion and an elephant or a monkey and a donkey, or whatever it is. Those who are going to be campaigning for âyesâ and ânoâ vote are going to do so very freely. Mbunge wa Cherangany alikuwa anataka kujua kama Serikali itapatia wale ambao wanataka kupinga Katiba/Tekelezi fursa ya kufanya hivyo bila kutishwa. Kwanza ningependa kumwambia hon. Kutuny kwamba hii si kitendawili lakini haya ni mambo muhimu ya taifa letu la Kenya."
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