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    "content": "I would like to conclude by saying that part of this efficiency should include inputting or using computerization as a mechanism to make efficiency possible. I think the point was made clearly that if we had computerized in the last elections, the results would have got to the ECK much earlier than they got and we would not have been counting votes two or three days after. There would also have been fewer disputes. But part of this professionalisation must also involve identifying qualified people to be the ones who are returning officers. There were cases of returning officers who were compromised, who would announce one victor and after a few hours decide that somebody else won the election. There were cases of returning officers that could not cope because we have a tendency of identifying or employing returning officers who are retired officials of the Government. I think at the district level, we need to have younger people who are vibrant, computer literate and who appreciate much more, the issues of democratic values and can live up to the expectations of Kenyans as opposed to advertising those positions and filling them with retired officers. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also hope that other issues we will consider will be those related to age. It is important that we have a much younger Parliament so that the people who called the younger people future leaders at Independence are not still part of the political class in this country. I would like to recommend that to be a Member of Parliament, 60 years must be the limit. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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