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    "id": 685940,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/685940/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 173,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "With an eye to the future, the above recommendation is supplemented by a further recommendation that the Elections Act be amended to enable the Commission to conduct an audit of the register of voters to verify the accuracy of the register, update the register and recommend mechanisms to enhance the accuracy of the register. Further, the National Registration Bureau, the Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service and all other relevant agencies and institutions that hold information on Kenyan citizens should avail the information to the IEBC electronically for cross-referencing and information sharing. The nature of the elections contemplated under our Constitution is purely electronic. The drafters of the Constitution, in requiring the IEBC to conduct six elections on the same day and granting unlimited rights of voting to Kenyans in the Diaspora, coupled by the court decision on the registration as voters and the right of prisoners to vote, point squarely to the election being electronic in nature. With the use of ICT at the elections in mind, the Committee recommends that the verification of the register of voters---"
}