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    "id": 576303,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me use the term “voting date”. I also have a problem with that word. There are a lot of activities during the campaign period. We need to change the voting date to December. We also have the seventh wonder of the world, the migration of wildebeest from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara National Park in Kenya. That is during their breeding. Most of the people do not know why the migration takes place. The migration takes place because the animals go to breed in Serengeti. That is the right time for tourists to visit this country. My colleague is crying because tourism will be affected if we hold elections in August. He is a big stakeholder in the tourism sector and the area he represents in Parliament benefits from tourism. He also feels that we should move the date to December so that we do not interrupt tourism activities. Other reasons have been given, including the fact that Kenyans are able to travel during the December holidays to vote, and the budget-making process. All those are valid reasons why we should move the date. On the issue of IEBC, both sides of the political divide should seize this opportunity to address the concerns which are being raised by our colleagues from the CORD Coalition. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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