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    "id": 641962,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/641962/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion and thank Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi for coming up with such a Motion which is going to bring a solution to our young people. Section 5 subsection 3 (a) and 3(b) of the Elections Act is very clear. It stipulates that if anybody has applied for an identification card and has the waiting card, the IEBC must accept that waiting card and allow that person to register as a voter. Article 38 of the Constitution is very clear. It says that every citizen has political rights. Article 38 (3) says that no voter should be denied an opportunity to be registered as a voter. People should register without any restrictions. There are many youth who have these waiting cards. We call upon the IEBC that when these young people go there, they should be allowed to be registered as voters. We have been told that we are the leaders of tomorrow. You cannot seek any political seat without being a voter. When you have been registered as a voter, you can also exercise your democratic right by offering yourself to be elected as a Member of the County Assembly (MCA), Member of Parliament, Senator, governor or County Women Representative for that matter."
}