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    "id": 1155439,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1155439/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
        "slug": "kajwang-tom-joseph-francis"
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    "content": " This is where we are currently. Members are not in possession of the principal Bill. There is currently mass movement of voters, especially in towns. When people hear that I am issuing bursaries in my constituency today, they change their voting stations to my constituency so that they can benefit. The next day, when Hon. Oluoch, who is my neighbour is issuing bursaries, they all migrate there. There is a problem with this mass movement. Hon. Oluoch and I, who sit in the same Committee, agreed that this is an issue that must be dealt with. However, first, we are lawyers, then we are legislators who have sworn to protect the Constitution. The manner in which IEBC presented their proposals was unconstitutional and we could not support it. Why? This is because they are asking voters to prove that they are residents in a constituency or that they are employed there. To us, that is being rude to Kenyans. If you ask the people I represent if they reside in a building or in the constituency, they might not have the documentation to show the lease, which the Member for Kiminini – the incoming Governor – would have. Even asking for proof of employment in an area is wrong since we know that no one is employed in Kenya. The majority of Kenyans that we work for are unemployed. Asking them for proof of employment is an insult. That is a limitation of Article 38 of the Constitution. We understand where they are coming from but we have asked them to find better legislative proposal that answers this issue for the next elections in 2027. That is why we are deleting it. It was a part of the Bill but we are deleting it. In short, Kenyans do not need to show the documentation that was proposed under the Bill when changing their voting stations."
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