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    "id": 27775,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": "I want to address myself to a few clauses. I will start with Clause 5(1) which deals with the continuous registration. This is laudable. That children are being born every day and they are turning 18 years is also a continuous fact. So, it very important that registration is done on a continuous basis. I would also want to recognize Clause 8(1) on the Updating of the Principal Register of Voters. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you realize that when we had problems in 2008, one of the confusions that made Kriegler say that he did not even know who won the elections was the fact that our registers were not updated. This is one thing that must be taken very seriously after this Bill is passed. I would like to urge the Minister for Immigration and Registration of Persons that for us to realize the continuous registration and updating of the register, we must have our identity cards issued in tandem. So, it is very important that our records are right to begin with because an election can only be as good as the records that we have. If our records are wrong, then we will get wrong results and we will be confused. The main area that I want to contribute on is the issue of nomination of women candidates versus the selection of women candidates and the rule of one third. A lot has been said about that. We have had even the Cabinet trying to look at it and understand how we can realize it, but there are areas that we need to look at to ensure that we do not break the law. I would like to take us to Clause 14(1), which talks of a political party nominating its candidates for an election under this Act, at least three months before an election. I would also like to touch on the Constitution itself. In the Constitution, when it comes to the election of county representatives, Article 177(1)(b) is very good in"
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