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    "id": 333216,
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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": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. When I rose to speak, I said that I was a bearer of sad news because we have been out there and we have assured Kenyans in the Diaspora that they will participate in the historic General Election. I know that His Excellency the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has toured several countries in Europe. I know that the Prime Minister has done so as Ministers have. Our desire and assurance to Kenyans out there has been that they will participate in the General Election. However, the integrity or the credibility of an election starts with the integrity of the voters’ register. As it is now, with the tight timelines that the IEBC has and the delay in the delivery of the BVR kits; even ensuring that we have all the 18 million Kenyans registered before 19th December is a challenge. Everything must be done. Shortly, I will be tabling the figures of registration in every constituency. I will be asking hon. Members to go out to their constituencies to mobilize their constituents to come out and register as voters. The voter turn-out as of yesterday, after one week, is still very low. There are serious challenges, even locally on the 18 million Kenyans. What hon. Mututho asked and which I need to clarify to him is that we do not have 3 million Kenyans out there. This has been a perception that has been there. The registered Kenyans living outside our borders are about 130,000. There are less than 1 million Kenyans out there. So, 3 million has been a perception and as part of the progressive realization of this right, we will be, as hon. Millie asked, conducting a census in all the countries."
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