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    "id": 1426903,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1426903/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13577,
        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the onset, I support the proposals for amendments to this Bill, however, with a number of concerns. This Bill sets out to correct or remedy our current situation as a country. A number of constituencies and wards in our country have been without representation for more than a year because the electoral body has been absent. The amendments that have been brought and discussed under the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) are good, but we have areas of concern. I have read through this Bill, and my first concern is the role of the Senate as a Parliament. When you comb through this Bill, you will see that in all the clauses, reference has only been made to the National Assembly. The Senate represents counties and boundary delimitation will happen in counties. Therefore, when proposals are made at the electoral body and submitted to the National Assembly, the role of the Senate must be defined so that Parliament in the Bill would mean the Senate and the National Assembly. Under the provision in Part Two on Delimitation of Units, the electoral body has been mandated to review the names and boundaries of constituencies, including the number of names and boundaries. This Subclause in the regulations must be clearly defined. My curiosity has arisen from the recent statement by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), listing a number of counties for which they intend to propose changes of names. Names have meanings and there are reasons why those names exist. It is only in Africa where we have been made to believe that your name causes the problem. Only in Africa have we been told that you should rewrite your history. Forgive and forget - the way some Western countries have wanted us to forgive and forget the atrocities committed by the colonialists. I am wondering loudly, if we change the name of a county, what happens to the name of a constituency, ward, location, sublocation, and village? Names of locations, counties, or sub-counties have never made Kenyans fight. People did not fight in West Pokot because it was called West Pokot. The naming of counties and constituencies is a matter that needs to be looked into deeply. The period provided under Clause 7 –"
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