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    "id": 110736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nanok",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Forestry and Wildlife",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Josephat Koli Nanok",
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    "content": "I would also like to draw your attention to Chapter 7 on Representation of the People, particularly on Article 89(1) which increases the number of constituencies from 210 to 290. This initiative of adding 80 constituencies to those that we already have is a very good one. The gerrymandering that happened during the creation of constituencies in this country denied many people the opportunity to be represented. I can tell you for a fact that the greater Turkana where I come from is greatly under represented. You cannot imagine, an area of 77,000 square kilometers with 1.3 million people inhabiting it is, only represented by three Members of Parliament since Independence. This is an anomaly I hope and trust that the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC) will recommend to this House fairly delineated boundaries of the new constituencies that will take care of the minority and marginalized areas that had been left out."
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