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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the amendment for very many reasons. First, we want a representative election. Having elections in August, as has been said by many Members, interferes with the mobility of the people. People do not stay where they vote. It may be good for Nairobi, Mombasa and other urban areas. However, we have people who work in Mombasa or Kisumu going to North Eastern, for instance. How do you expect those people to move in the middle of the year? That is something that shows August is not a very good time for elections. Two, as a Luhya, I am not going to abandon our tradition. Every August, we have initiation ceremonies of our boys into adulthood. An election in August is definitely going to interfere with that exercise. Thirdly, August is a rainy season in Western Kenya and the rest of the country. The logistics of moving ballot boxes during that period are difficult, particularly given the inaccessibility of the roads in the rural areas. We are not so developed like Europe and elsewhere. It would take the whole day to get supervisors to polling stations. It is just not convenient for us to have elections in August. The other reason is that for us in the North Rift, August is the time we start preparing our farms. Election is not just an event. It takes about six months to have a good election. The campaign period will interfere with planting which is done in March and weeding which is done in April and May. The election will interfere with farming activities. Therefore, August is a wrong month. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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