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    "id": 270096,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the opinion polls must be scientific and transparent. Many are the times that we have heard Kenyans complaining anytime polls have been published; wondering who it is that was asked those questions, what question was asked and what the sample size was. This legislation is calling for the disclosure of that information, so that we, as Kenyans, have more faith in those results, and be able to benefit from them without what has been going on. There has been a lot of suspicion because there is that fear that polls have been financed by people who have interest in the exercise itself when it comes to politics. There has been that fear that polls have been financed by politicians who have been competing for different positions in this country. As Dr. Khalwale has mentioned, it is true that when the history of this country is written and, more of it, relating to the issues that led to our difficulties that we had in the year 2007/2008, those who did the polling would find their place in that history. That is because to many of us, they did contribute a lot. That is because there was that hyping and giving an impression that an outcome is already known, even before the voting had taken place. So, it is important, as Legislators, to try and address those difficulties and try, to the best level possible, eliminate such occurrences in future. This legislation goes along the line of trying to provide a cure for those kind of difficulties that we had."
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