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    "id": 1406261,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406261/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, we then had the Kriegler Commission, which probably had the most in-depth review of our elections infrastructure that includes our election operations, our voter registration, our voter management system, and our register. Based on that, the new format of election management in Kenya was born. So, it was not by default. It was based on the Kriegler Commission. I was privileged and honoured to be part of the team that implemented the Kriegler Commission Report. That is where the whole issue of having biometric registration began, the reason being that the Kriegler Commission found that our register used to have dead voters. There is, really, nothing wrong with having dead voters on a register. The problem in Kenya was that the dead voters would, in fact, vote. So, the biometric process of registration and identification of voters was intended to ensure that only those who walk physically to polling stations would vote. So it is not by mistake that we review our election management system. Then, in 2010, during the first management of the elections, particularly during the referendum, it was realised that the electronic vote transmission system became overloaded. It was after that that we reviewed the problem and undertook to ensure that we had a better system next time. So, the system must keep improving. That is why we have the original Mercedes- Benz and the latest Mercedes-Benz. Systems must continue to be evaluated. Therefore, let us disabuse ourselves of the notion that there is something wrong with us because we review our election management system and our election laws. In 2013, the court pronounced itself on where the final announcement of the result should be made. It was then said that the final result would be announced at the polling station. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}