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    "id": 1165509,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1165509/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to congratulate my good friend, Sen. (Eng.) Maina, for coming up with this amendment. People have been using popular names although they do not appear in the ballots. Nobody has ever thought of amending the law so that the name can appear without going through the rigorous legal process of changing a name through deed poll. So, this is innovative. You can imagine it has been with us for over 50 years. I know Senators who vied and lost elections because of people looking for their names in the ballot during elections. They fail to find their names and they are told that the candidate dropped out. I know the story of Sen. Wamatangi. When he first vied for an election he lost because he was known by the name “Wamatangi” but people who went to the polling stations did not find the name on the ballot paper. He had to go through the rigorous process of changing his name through deed poll, involving lawyers, advertising in the Kenya gazette et cetera . Sen. (Eng.) Maina has made it easier for many people. If this Bill finds favour in this House, and I am sure it will, people will not need to go through this process of changing their names. My Committee went through this Bill and our report has already been prepared. Without anticipating debate, there is nothing much that we propose to be changed on this Bill other than urge the House to pass the amendment as it is. This will make it available for use in the forthcoming elections."
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