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    "content": "I have just addressed the issue of the Diaspora. As to the registration centres in Rarieda, my good friend Eng. Gumbo did raise a complaint about an officer who was alleged to have meddled with the centre. Equitable distribution of the registration centres was based on the estimated population of voters projected from the 2009 census data as well as on the social, cultural and geographical factors of different regions across the country. However, the Commission can do corrigenda. I would like hon. Members to pay attention to this where perhaps a polling station was left out, the Commission still has the discretion to actually do corrigenda to ensure that registration centres that were maybe left out or were placed in wrong wards, are corrected. There have been several cases where a registration centre belonging to one ward is found in another ward. That can be quickly corrected. Please bring it to the attention of the IEBC, so that a corrigenda is done to put that station in the correct place. The delienation of wards will not change from what was already published. The former CEC of Rarieda, Mr. Orwa, according to IEBC is a diligent and conscientious officer. There is abundant recorded evidence that Mr. Orwa did extensive consultations within the constituency and acted within the accepted parameters. Following earlier unsubstantiated claims against the officer, the national team visited this area and the PC and DC Rarieda and the District security team met stakeholders who revealed extensive documents and concluded that the CEC had acted correctly and within the law. But if the hon. Member has any evidence to the contrary, we will invite him to raise it with the Commission, so that it can be addressed. But we must desist from attacking public officers who cannot be here to defend themselves. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the clarification as to whether one can register in a different centre from where one will cast the vote, one is required to register where they will vote or within a ward or state clearly the station where they will vote. So, that is allowed. On measures taken by the Commission to register those displaced by the security operation, I did visit Turkana County. There were serious fears about a military operation that is ongoing and the displacement that could result from it. These are issues that are being addressed. We believe that where there are already IDPs, the Commission will open mobile registration centres to address the challenge of IDPs. We would like hon. Members to give us more information where they have IDPs within their respective constituencies for appropriate arrangements to be made to ensure a mobile voter registration. As to whether 30 days period of registration has any legal or factual backing, given that the election date is fixed for 4th March, 2013, the Commission was obliged to fix both legal and administrative processess that we could have a credible register before the next general elections. The Commission relied on the provisions of Section 83(3) of the Constitution which stipulates that the IEBC will come up with administrative arrangements for registration of voters and will conduct the election. The Election Act under Section 51(a) actually states when the Commission should stop registration of voters which is 60 days before the election date. The Act also stipulates when to inspect and when to publish the compiled register. I will be asking hon. Members because of delays and the tight timelines, we might be called upon again to accommodate another amendment to the Election Act to perhaps reduce the period of inspection of the voters’ register from 30 days to 15 days. We might also be called upon under Section 6(3) of the"
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