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    "id": 1097813,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "be distributing National Government Constituencies Development Fund will not even arise because all that would have been factored within the situation. We like pretending or equating ourselves to the great democracy, the United States, where we borrowed the republican system or presidential system. Stability is anchored in the equality of the vote. The total population of the US is divided by a set number of seats in the House of Representatives. The electoral district boundaries are then drawn accordingly and they shift to make sure that they are as close as possible. There is splitting of the House into two so that a bedroom is on one side and the sitting room on another. As close as possible, the population of the United States of America is distributed equally so that every person in the House of Representatives in the Congress represents the same number of people. Of course, on the States, it is a different ball game. Theirs is to protect the Union and so every State has two senators. But at the college at the presidential level, the college is weighted to represent the population. We borrowed that system and expected it to work here! We just brought the Constitution without replicating the equality that is required for democracy to have a voice. Votes must count. I just want to re-emphasise that so that even as we get the new commissioners, it is not just another job we are giving them. It is not just so that they can feel their community is now represented in the IEBC. It is for them to know that they have a very serious job to do. The future of this country – the peace and stability post August next year – depends on the actions of the IEBC. If they can deliver a credible election, there will be peace. If they deliver a doubtful election, we do not want to contemplate what will happen. The ball is in their court. I support the Report."
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