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    "id": 670639,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/670639/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "When you talk about people in the diaspora, it means the people who are eligible to vote. This is a serious thing. I want to give an example of Boston. I want to address my friend, a former mayor, Hon. Gikaria and tell him that if people from Central Kenya in Boston are in tens of thousands and they do not want him, the people of Nakuru will vote and the votes will be counted. As we await the announcement of the diaspora votes, somebody who was number ten will be announced the winner because they would have more votes than him. That is the effect of the so called diaspora voting. We must talk about these things. It will happen. I have spoken to an IEBC commissioner who tells me that even that voting will require them to have, at least, 1,350 ballot boxes in every polling centre internationally. It is not doable. There are issues. Let us agree that we can improve the system. Let us agree that those loopholes have been misused in the past. You cannot scoop spilt milk but, at least, let us do something that does not force Kenyans to live in fear."
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