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    "id": 1165508,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "leader. The people of Nyeri will be extremely lucky to have him as their Governor instead of the jokers and the corrupt ones who plunder their money. I assure the people of Nyeri that their money will be safe if they elect Sen. (Eng.) Maina as their governor. He will do great development and a lot of good work that is expected of a gentleman like him. Madam Temporary Speaker, candidates using their popular names on the ballot and preventing the tedious process of changing names is an idea whose time has come. We need to have some caveats to ensure that people do not take advantage of this Bill to have another Sen. Kirinyaga in the Governor’s ballot paper and the electorates are further confused. Due diligence must be done to determine that name belongs to the person being refereed to. There should be a mechanism to determine whether it is true or not. I support this Bill. Sen. (Eng.) Maina has helped a lot of people who would have taken a very long time to achieve this. Name change can happen in a very short time compared to the process required to change a name. Someone can acquire a name within an election cycle. If it happens before the nominations and people are able to identify that person with those names, then it is only fair that the IEBC includes those names on the ballot paper. This will make it possible for Kenyans to know with precision the person they are electing with no ambiguity in the names. At times, the names being used can overtake that persons’ biological name. This is a very simple amendment with a phenomenal advantage to people known with different names. Therefore, I support it. If the people of Nyeri need a leader of integrity, they already have one. Not many counties are as lucky to have someone like Sen. (Eng.) Maina. Leaders are born and Sen. (Eng.) Maina is one of those born leaders."
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