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    "id": 1065565,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "at all. Hon. Eseli was trying to come up with a law on this. It is very unfair. A constituency with a high population gets the same amount of the NG-CDF with another with low population. If you look at Article 89 of the Constitution it states that boundaries should be reviewed, not less than eight years and not more than 12 years. Since the 2010 Constitution, this is the right time. The BBI did the right thing to make these proposals. However, they should not have proposed where these constituencies will be domiciled. This is the Constitution. This is the work of the IEBC. It is the one responsible when it comes to matters of delimitations of boundaries. I am happy this was picked out. I represent Ford-Kenya and I presented this proposal to the secretariat. If you look at this document, you will see that FORD-Kenya has heavily been quoted and cited because as a party, we strongly feel that the IEBC is the one responsible for delimitation of boundaries. Many people have talked about Nyeri not having extra constituencies. If you go to Nyeri, there are so many protected constituencies like Othaya and Mukurweini. We do not have protected constituencies in other areas. So this is a give and take and it is an issue that we must balance. When it comes to Trans-Nzoia, we are supposed to have about three new constituencies. I thank God we have two. We will receive them, but we will demand for more when that time comes. I am humbly requesting Hon. Members today to look at the objectivity of this document."
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