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    "id": 584672,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Adan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to congratulate the petitioner because this petition is timely. As my colleagues have said, there are a lot of problems during election in this country. Voting and registration in itself is a right. Unfortunately, in most parts of this country, this right is being denied. In some instances, it could be intentional. For example, in Isiolo South where I come from, pastoralists move from one place to another and officers on the ground do not have budgetary allocation or transport. They do not go to where the pastoralists stay. This means that those people are denied an opportunity to get registered as voters. This morning I went to the office of the Registrar of Persons where, since 2013, youth from a certain community in Isiolo County have been denied identification cards simply because the Department is introducing regulations that are not right. For them to register as voters, they are told to be accompanied by their mothers who may not exist or may not be living in the same town. Even if it is a matter of security, there are stringent The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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