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    "id": 296662,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, indeed, Section 10(1) of the Act basically says that you use the same document that you used to register as a voter for purposes of voting. So, Dr. Nuh is basically saying that the document that you use to register need not be the one you will use for voting, and that you can be identified separately. Such an amendment could provide room for manipulation of the election. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you remember, when we were legislating on this law, we went through a very elaborate system to sort out these issues. The document that you use to register is the one that you are known by in the register. You cannot then come back – because of multiple registrations – and use another document to vote. It was at that point that we actually removed the issue of voters’ cards, which have always been used as an opportunity for buying voters. I am surprised that voters’ cards are coming back. Therefore, I have a further amendment to Dr. Nuh’s amendment, to actually delete the clause that is seeking to re-introduce voters’ cards, which we removed in this House with a lot of wisdom. We know that voters’ cards are an avenue for rigging of elections. We should especially consider the budgetary constraints that the IEBC is in. It is unfortunate that whereas we are crying that we do not have money for elections, we are seeking to re-introduce voters’ cards, which will cost so much money, despite the fact that we do not need them, and which this House, in its wisdom, had removed from the Statute."
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