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    "content": "for the proposed amendments and to also say to Members of this House - the Back Benchers - that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We are doing our best. We have a Constitution that has a very ambitious Fifth Schedule and we are all trying to do our best but we really appreciate the accommodation; the patience that Back Benchers have had and particularly the midnight oil they burnt a few weeks and days ago to beat the 27th August deadline. We want to assure them that we are at the tail end of making sure that we have all the necessary legislations to guide our electoral process. These regulations are some of the last Bills that we are doing before this House. We only have one other Bill; the Campaigns Financing Bill, that we will be bringing before the House. We urge your support on the matter and your continued patience and accommodation. We also have the Bill on the two-thirds gender principle which will necessitate a constitutional amendment. I wish to take this opportunity once more to call upon all hon. Members to join us in Mombasa on Friday and Saturday. It is a critical Bill that will ensure that we comply with the Constitution. It is not a matter of just the women of Kenya. It is a matter of vital national importance. It is part of the constitutional implementation. It is something that can expose the next House, both the Senate and the National Assembly, to legal challenge if we are unable to abide by that principle. So I want to urge hon. Members, once more, as we move forward, to join us and to pass this Bill with the proposed amendments and particularly Section 5. The amendment proposed there is very critical in terms of allowing us to take voter registration into January. I have assured the House that already the Government of Kenya and the Government of Canada has had a MoU approved by the Cabinet and the process of delivery of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) machinery is on course. We believe and hope that by the end of this month---"
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