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    "content": "This is a very progressive amendment. Talking about a constituency which my colleagues have talked about here, I managed to find out how the constituencies were being allocated. I was told by one of the experts that they based the formula on population data to find out how many constituencies can be allocated to a county. There was an outcry that the Ligale Commission may have given more counties to some areas than others. So, they were seeking the balance of what should have been given. I thought we should have used constituency data and not county data. We have some constituencies which are big, but they are sandwiched within smaller constituencies in a county. For example, where I come from, Vihiga County, we have a constituency called Hamisi, which has a huge population, but it suffered because of the low population of Vihiga County. It is, therefore, not among the constituencies that have been considered to get extra constituencies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even after this Constitution is passed, the IEBC will still have an opportunity, maybe, in 2024, to create more constituencies or rationalise the areas which have been disadvantaged like Hamisi and others. I want to end by saying that this is a very important process. We are asking our brothers from the Tangatanga side to support this process. Hon. Rigathi talked about this and said he is rejecting it. However, I am told that Mt. Kenya Members of Parliament who made a proposal to Ruto asked him for the position of prime minister. Where are you going to get that prime minister if you do not support this Bill? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support."
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