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    "content": "Elections Act to ask hon. Members to consider another amendment to also reduce the period of publication from 30 days to 15 days to accommodate the delays that have occurred. So, the period has a basis in law and has already been put in the tight time table that has been circulated to hon. Members. So, as political leaders, we must all support the IEBC in mobilization our supporters to register in large numbers. We will also be calling upon religious leaders whether it is in the mosques on Fridays, in all the churches on Sunday to ask their faithful to register as voters. We must tell Kenyans to get out and register as voters. When I table the figures of those registered up to now, I will be urging hon. Members to find time to scrutinize them. Please, look at your constituency; you will be surprised how low the voter registration is. So far, we have Thika region that is doing very well. We have Nairobi that is also leading. We have Kakamega and Bungoma doing very well. In other areas when you look at the percentages we are doing, they are doing very badly. We will ask hon. Members to go out and mobilize people and let us see if this 30-days-period can be achieved. The IEBC is confident that the deadlines will be met. I believe with our support it is doable. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, bear with me because there were very many clarifications sought by hon. Members. So, it is taking a little longer than I anticipated. On universities that are in session and what will happen during the registration period, the IEBC used the 2009 Census Report to identify voter registration centres. Most of the registration centres are in primary schools. There are centres near universities where students who have attained 18 years and hold valid ID cards and can register will be allowed to register. The IEBC is also in consultation with deans and chancellors of various universities to see if mobile voter registration can also be allowed. This is an area that is being considered. On call centres, the IEBC has emergency numbers. They have also created call numbers which hon. Members should get. I urge hon. Members to circulate them when they are in their constituencies. In case there is any problem in any registration centre, please, alert the IEBC through the given centres. The Commission will also activate a Short Message Services (SMS) system during the inspection period where members of the public will send a query to verify their details. Further, the Commission is due to open a public call centre, where members of the public can address queries and receive authoritative answers on all matters touching on elections. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on equipment breakdown, the Commission has placed standby spare kits. I was alerted by a Member from Makueni that one kit failed and it was taken back. There are spare kits. We ask hon. Members to keep in touch with their people on the ground. If there is any breakdown, please, alert us and emergency kits can immediately be sent there, to ensure that we do not lose an hour or a day in this exercise. Every hour and day counts. In addition, the suppliers have given their resource persons as well as distributed warranty spares to the region to replace any defective part. So, there are spare parts readily available. No malfunctioning kit can be inoperable for long without replacement or mechanical rectification. Those are some of the issues that were raised. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with your permission, together with the judgement on the Diaspora vote, I would also like to table the official figures released by"
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