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    "id": 262934,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/262934/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiptanui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 52,
        "legal_name": "Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the mover of this Motion, Dr. Ottichilo and also the Minister for supporting this Motion. As a student of mathematics and statistics, I do not question the formula that was used by the experts at that time. I want to believe that the people who came up with this system are professionals and whatever came out was as a result of the parameters used. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when doing a sample size and also choosing the parameters, the two should give you the answer you are looking for. Every two months opinion polls are done. If you want to know who is leading, you just doctor the parameters and you will determine that the person leading in the opinion polls is your friend because you are the creator of the parameters. I want to urge the Minister that as they come up with a new survey, they consider the fact that at that time the districts were still very few. Parameters have since changed. For example, we have over 200 districts now. The population now is over 38 million Kenyans. Basically, some parameters that were applied at that time are very much different from what we have at the moment. I believe we have the time and the resources and so the Minister should move forward and ask both the Cabinet and Parliament to support him get money to do a new survey. If we do not give this Ministry more money to do a survey, we shall be suffering for very many years because the formula that will be used by the Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) in distributing or allocating resources will be based on the formula obtaining at that time and that is likely to affect Kenyans for very many years. I want to urge my colleagues that we support the Ministry so that they get the money and conduct a new survey. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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