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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is an amendment that was sought by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It was mandated to Mr. Abdikadir who was then in Nairobi to make this amendment. This amendment belonged, therefore, to the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Mr. Abdikadir is not here to move it and there is no other Member of the Committee. The purpose of the amendment is to give effect to one of the recommendations contained in the Report by the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. If I may just explain briefly; one of the criteria that was used by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on boundaries related only to population. Under the Constitution the additional criteria required relates to community of interests, geographical features and so on. These are the very criteria we have not taken care of. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has received clearly genuine complaints that require to be addressed to take care of extremely glaring cases, for example, the constituency of North Horr which has 38,000 kilometers making representation impossible. We have other wards which have population of 55,000 people when the population for a ward should be 26,000. It is imperative that we open this window so that those people can have fair and proper representation. Other cases relate to marginalized Kenyans; Kenyans who find themselves in marginalized segments where they cannot have any representation. Such minorities unless given recognition such as the Njemps in Mogotio and such other places--- This is why we are seeking this amendment."
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