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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of late starting of registration exercise in many counties, I had already referred to Kitui County that hon. C. Kilonzo referred to. We have already reported such cases to IEBC. We must see how such affected areas can be compensated in terms of more hours. We will see if it will be possible to get extra kits to compensate them for that time. These are issues we would want you to bring to the attention of IEBC, so that they are addressed. On the issue of the 4th of March date, hon. Sirat has raised this time and again with me. I have said the 4th March date cannot be changed because it is not really out of choice. It is due to the constitutional constraints that require that under Section 9 of the Sixth Schedule that elections be held within 60 days of dissolution of this House. The term of this Parliament is known and when it will expire, 60 days thereafter, we must have elections in this country. We have no choice over that. So, anyone in this country thinking the 4th of March date will be changed and those who have been advocating for an August date, it might not be possible. Unless we amend the Constitution, we might really be looking at a constitutional crisis. So, every effort must be done to support IEBC meet the deadlines that are in place. Where there are stations that have not started as my good friend and neighbour hon. Kutuny has said, I would have expected him to have been the first to call me to alert me because I was in Kitale where I was registered as a voter. I went round and many of the stations in my constituency were working very well. In fact, one of the leading stations in Kiminini was nearly with almost 1,000 registered voters. I was pleased with the progress. But where there are challenges, please, let us and IEBC know and there will be appropriate interventions put in place. Hon. Ochieng, for university students, it will be very difficult for the Government to assist the students to go home, register and then come back. The kits that have been sent to the respective education centres are coded for those particular areas. So, they cannot be brought to the universities where the students are. In fact, the only citizen now who had the privilege of having a machine moved was His Excellency the President. We had that machine transported all the way from Othaya to the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) where registration was done. I am very privileged to have been the only presidential hopeful present when the first vote was registered. I did ask for it. As we continue consulting, we will be telling the Members, on a weekly basis---"
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