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    "id": 273052,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/273052/?format=api",
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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": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had made my contribution and, in essence, I was seconding the Motion. In seconding, we were making it clear that the Bill is seeking to regulate the manner in which opinion polls are being done in the country, so that there is more objectivity in it. We also wanted to avoid the misuse of this very important tool by mainly politicians because this was evident in 2007 or around that time. Kenyans were misled to believe that a given outcome was a guarantee, but it was a way of influencing the voting pattern. I did not want to say many other things. I second the Bill. Although we have provisions in the Constitution, Article 34 and Article 35--- Article 34 talks about the Freedom of the Media and the issue of Freedom of Information just as Article 35. But it is important that we ensure that the basis which informs opinion polls in terms of questions, the area that has been sampled and the sampling methods are also known to us or to Kenyans, so that we can be able to deal with the outcome. Those kinds of questions should also help the people who would want to use the data thereafter. That way, data meant for one thing is not used for another and that has been used in the past. For that reason, it is important that this legislation is supported by Members of Parliament and I beg to second."
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