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    "id": 334432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill with the strong proviso that when it comes to the House, probably tommorow, at the Committee Stage, I plead with hon. Members that we do not pass it in its entirety, but we balance what is good against what is not quite acceptable. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to use this opportunity to congratulate the Registrar of Political Parties. Since we got the new Constitution everybody in the country has been working within strict timelines. I want to agree with Mr. Midiwo that the envisaged office of the Registrar of Political Parties under the new Constitution contemplates a situation where she has enough to do her work. We have not given her that money. That she has performed this well with a few difficulties is worthy of a compliment. I want to remind Members of Parliament that all this time in matters of elections we have been putting pressure and focus on the IEBC. Had we not put that pressure and focus on it, the IEBC would not have today accepted that they will give us an election. Because of the pressure we gave them, they are now able to give us an election. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with hon. Members that now that the IEBC is up and running, we should in the next four weeks put pressure on the Registrar of Political Parties to make sure that her office functions in accordance with the Elections Act and the Constitution. Before I criticize, I want to congratulate Mr. Midiwo; he has taken time to read this Act and to compare it with the Constitution and the challenges the Elections Act is facing on the ground. We must compliment him. Mr. Midiwo, I truly want to compliment you, and I want you to bear with me. As we do this, let us not do it in anger or for the expediency of the moment. By this I mean even with the challenges we are facing, it does not mean this is a bad law. Let us try and be in conformity with the law. What do I mean? I meant the following; one, the Elections Act requires people to be registered as voters to be holders of national identity cards; it did not contemplate a situation where there is time required after you have applied for an identity card before it is delivered to you. So, it is important that we accept the amendment by Mr. Midiwo, which requires that our youth be allowed to be registered as voters using the so-called nusu kipande or the waiting card. This is very important and practical. We should not allow this to lapse in this Bill in its entirety because of what I want to say about the second amendment. Having supported that, our youth should be allowed to use nusu kipande . Allow me to oppose the practice of wanting to allow all and sundry to participate in the nominations of any party, whether they are members or not. With the benefit of hindsight, I have gone through three elections. During those three elections that I went through, this good law, which we now want to kill, was not there. I want to give Mr. Koech an example. In Mosop, because they are my neighbours, URP party is ahead in terms of popularity. They are my neighbours. But at the same time, UDF is catching up. I am addressing Mr. Koech with the seriousness it deserves, because I want him to learn from my three attempts---"
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