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    "id": 156442,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenneth",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Kenneth",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak on this very important issue. Let me, first, congratulate the Select Committee for coming up with respectable names of respectable Kenyans who have a job to do for this country. I want to appeal to the Committee responsible for the names that have been brought to this House, first and foremost, that they should review the gerrymandering that took place in the past, in the manner in which constituencies were divided. A lot of hue and cry that has arisen is because of the manner in which certain constituencies were carved to the disadvantage of other constituencies. Secondly, in reviewing boundaries, and in this Committee having that task, the most important thing is to ensure that there is fair representation in the criteria in which constituencies are supposed to be equal. If you look at some of the constituencies, especially now, in this era of CDF, you will find that some constituencies neighbour others and yet they are smaller, both in size and population to a constituency next to them. If you look at a constituency like Kiharu and compare it with Kangema and Mathioya, you will realize that Kiharu is actually bigger than Mathioya and Kangema both in size and population. It is this kind of unfairness which should be put in the past and in perspective by this new Commission that will look at the issue of boundaries. I do not want to take a lot of time because hon. Members are in agreement about what we are talking about. I want to appeal to the Select Committee, through the Chair, that today, it has brought names before the House. However,"
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