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    "id": 1165486,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165486/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "You would rather use the name that mwananchi knows. For example, people in my area call me, “Kirinyaga.” I felt that I was being disadvantaged and I lost some votes by using the name on my ID, “Ephraim Mwangi Maina.” I unfortunately had to use it. In the last election, I had to impose the name Kirinyaga on my ID. This Bill wishes to give members the freedom to use the names that they desire. In other countries such as the United States of America (USA), people use the names that they wish to use, provided they swear an affidavit that are the same person. You then state the name that you would like to appear on the ballot paper. If people call you Simba, they write Simba. For example, Baba is known as Baba. If today you put the name Baba, every Kenyan will know whom you are referring to. However, if you use the name that he was given by Mzee Jaramogi and Mama, it may not be a name that some people are familiar with. Therefore, I am just trying to see the easier way when it comes to names. Maybe even “Hustler” may wish to use the name “Hustler” on the ballot paper. I was doing it for myself, when I was moving the Bill five years ago. Sen. Cherargei should explain to this House how the Bill took four years in his Committee. It went round and round and I never knew what they were doing. I do not know what law they learnt. To me, law is meant to make things easier. What were you doing with a simple Bill for four years? That is besides the point, though. Madam Temporary Speaker, I now move that this Bill be enacted. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Section No.24 of the Elections Act, 2011 to allow a candidate to"
}