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    "id": 584709,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/584709/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this petition and want to say as follows. First, 65 per cent of the population is eligible to vote in Kenya. However, only 14 million have been registered and that translates to half the number of those who are eligible to be registered. The Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations chaired by Sen. Haji has a Bill on the registration of persons. That Bill has been pending in his Committee for too long. It should have come here, so that some of these proposals made by the petitioner can find their way into law. Lastly, we must ensure that there is uniform legislation on how people will be identified. The idea of having registration slips every five years is, in fact, an infringement on fundamental rights. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the department of registration are not receiving funds for registration of voters. That is what has led to the infamous “tyranny of numbers,” which is discrimination in every sense of the word."
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