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    "id": 1160340,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1160340/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "I remember this provision used to be there in law. How it got out, I am not quite sure. In the past, when you wanted to register youth, you would be required to show proof that you actually had an interest in the area where you wanted to register. So, the Bill is saying that a voter must demonstrate that they are ordinary residents; that they are carrying on a business or they are employed or possess other properties in the electoral units. It basically means that they have an interest to protect by getting there to vote, and to get a representative vote for those interests. We represent the interests of the people. The senators represent the interests of the counties. So, if half of the people who come to vote for the Senator of Nyandarua County have no interest in Nyandarua County, when a person is brought to Senate, whose interest will they be representing? It will not be for the people of Nyandarua, but of the people who voted them in. So, it is something that I urge this House to address and look into with an open mind."
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