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    "id": 268072,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/268072/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chachu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I am one of the Members of this House who are highly affected by this particular Report. This is a very important exercise. We have divided this country into 290 constituencies as per the Constitution. It may take another 100 years before we address this issue, if we change our Constitution. For that reason, this issue must be addressed effectively and fully for all Kenyans to appreciate it, whether they lose or win in this process. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason given by the Committee for the creation of the 60 new wards is that the IEBC did not take into consideration all other factors, except demographic trends. Other considerable criteria were said not to have been considered in creation of the wards. The other criteria are geographical features, urban areas, community of interest; historical, economic and cultural ties and means of communication, among others. It was imperative that these criteria were considered, according to the Committee. The Committee failed to look into the whole issue of 80 constituencies. Even in the creation of the 80 constituencies, none of those constitutional criteria were considered, except population. It would have been wise for the Committee to have considered these other constitutional criteria. For sure, they should have challenged the work of the IEBC in the creation of the 80 constituencies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Constitution does not necessarily cap the number of wards in this country. The population quota applies to both the constituencies and the wards. Other"
}