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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kones",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipyegon Kones",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will just be brief. I just want to add my voice also and say that I support these amendments, particularly the second one on the registration of voters. We just have to be realistic and see what is happening actually on the ground. I will give an example of Bomet County. We have got a target of over 300,000 voters. We have taken about 250,000 URP cards for registration. But at the moment, hardly 50,000 have gone through and we expect that those are the people who will determine what will happen in Bomet County. That is unrealistic. I know, of course, that it is to the benefit of some people when we have got very few members registered, because it is very easy to manipulate. But if we really want to allow democracy and people to participate as much as it is possible, particularly in such areas where we know that there is uniformity in terms of parties, really, it would be very wrong to deny people the right to vote. I strongly support that amendment and what hon. Koech has said, that we should put a sunset close, so that in future, when we strengthen the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, then we can have credible registers."
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