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    "id": 687158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Doing nominations for each party is almost like running a full election. The amount of money needed is enormous. One way of trying to ease pressure on this is by allowing party hopping. By the way, I am a product of party hopping. If it were not for that window, perhaps, I would not be here. There is no way I can support the ban on party hopping until our parties have matured and have the resources and capacity to run such nominations. I am also happy with the proposal about the number of voters per polling station. I think the number that has been suggested in the Report of 500 voters is reasonable, but perhaps it should even be lowered to, say, 300 voters. This is because the more polling stations we have the better for us because in some areas the voters cover very long distances. Apart from that, remember that on the polling day, we are doing a total of six elections. It will not be good to have people in long queues or to let voters stay for long hours in a polling station. I think that is a good proposal. The issue of IDs is mentioned. I want to support those who have said that, perhaps, we should consider using IDs for many things, including voting. It is said in the Report that we have several agencies that give identification documents but they just offer them like silos. We have an agency issuing birth certificates, another one issuing passports, another one issuing ID cards and another one doing voter registration. There should be a way of amalgamating all these into a unit. We will not only save money but also time and the data will be there to be used by all. Finally, I just want to appeal to serious, qualified and professional Kenyans. When the positions have been declared vacant and advertised, let them come forward and apply. To all the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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