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    "id": 1480904,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "got powers to move that polling station, for example, to Tinga Market. It must be at that polling station. Whether we are pastoralists or farmers, there needs to be certainty as to where a vote will be cast. If you have observers, you must know where they are going to be stationed and observe the elections. You have the officials who are delivering electoral materials. They must know with certainty where they will deliver those materials. Some are dropped from choppers. This again is making it clear that our polling stations must be known, there must be certainty and there should be no doubt as to where one will vote. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have done many election petitions. I was the first lawyer to petition the Supreme Court successfully in the case of Peter Gatirau Munya versus Kilemi Mwiria. The issues we are addressing here featured very prominently, all the way from the High Court, Court of Appeal, to the Supreme Court. I remember Hon. Kilemi Mwiria questioning why a polling station that was closest to the polling centre was the last one to deliver election results, because of the same thing we are trying to cure here - unreasonable delay. I, therefore, urge my colleagues to support this Bill. This was a bipartisan Bill and we took views from Kenyans. This Bill was not meant to serve either the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Coalition or the Azimio Coalition. It is an attempt to do some clean up around how we conduct our elections, to make them more efficient, to build trust from Kenyans and to ensure that the will of the people is truly reflected in our elections. With those remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second."
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