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    "id": 685955,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/685955/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
        "slug": "naomi-shaban"
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    "content": "The Commission ensures that there is a progress report of the registration of prisoners for presidential elections. There should also be a progress report on the progressive realisation of registration of Kenyans abroad. The use of waiting cards should also be disallowed in the registration of voters. The other recommendations are:- (i) with respect to the nomination and registration of candidates, imposition of various timelines to make the nomination process more transparent and democratic and further ensure that all party primaries are concluded, at least, 60 days before a general election; (ii) the mainstreaming of the needs of persons with disabilities in voter education and on voting day; (iii)that the Elections Act be amended to require the use of technology in the electoral process; (iv) with respect to the use of ICT in elections, except for the August 2017 General election, any new technology be introduced in the election process at least one year before an election; (v) for purposes of the 2017 General Election, the technology to be used be limited to the registration and identification of voters and results transmission (BVR, EVID and RTS); (vi) all procurement of ICT equipment for the 2017 General Election be concluded, at least, eight months before the election and the equipment be tested at least 60 days before the next General Election; (vii) the Commission, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including political parties and other relevant agencies and institutions, make regulations to govern the use of technology in the elections, and that the regulations be tabled in Parliament within 30 days from the date of enactment of the proposed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016; (viii) a structured and scheduled capacity building programme be put in place and implemented for the training of staff and other stakeholders on the technology to be used in the electoral process; (ix) the Elections Act be amended to limit the number of voters in each polling station to a maximum of 500; (x) the Elections Act be amended to provide for the electronic transmission of the tabulated results of an election for the President from a polling station to the constituency centres and to the national tallying centre; (xi) the Commission amends the regulations to require the publication of the party lists submitted by political parties under Article 90 of the Constitution before the General Election; and (xii) with respect to the presidential election, within 48 hours of the serving of a petition challenging the election of a President-elect, that the Commission"
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