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    "id": 327948,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/327948/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move: THAT, Pursuant to Section 109 (3) of the Elections Act No. 24 of 2011, this House approves:- The Draft Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations 2012. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Section 109(3) of the Elections Act requires that the IEBC drafts regulations and submits the proposed draft regulations to this House for approval before those regulations become the regulations that are to be used for purposes of registration of voters. We tabled three sets of the documents here, and we are grateful to the Members of the relevant Departmental Committees that have gone through these rules and the proposed regulations. They have so far been able to finish the Draft Regulations on Voter Registration. They have also assured us that the other regulations will be ready in due course, but for our purposes, it was extremely urgent that we have in place regulations touching on the voter registration. This is because the IEBC has made very elaborate preparations for the next general election. They have already entered into a contract that will see the BVR equipment delivered to this country. I have just returned from a seminar in Mombasa where the Chairman of the Commission confirmed to us that some of the equipment has already arrived in the country and some of the kits are going to be used in the preparation of the trainers of trainers. We believe that by end of this month, all the equipment will be here and this will help in preparing Kenyans for registration which is set to kick off on 1st November, 2012. Mr. Speaker, Sir, before this registration starts, we are requesting the House to approve the proposed regulations; the Election (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2012, that will now guide the process of registration. These proposed regulations have provided for the following. In Part I, we have the interpretation. Those are just the"
}