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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, “darling” does not connote opposite sex or sexual. It is just proximate affinity to an individual that you like and talk to, like we used to ride in the same car with the President. Nobody does that in this country. I had not seen Sen. (Dr.) G. G. Kariuki in this House for so long that when I make reference to him, it is because I am appreciating his presence but not for any other reason. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, anybody who will stuff ballots will go to jail and people who commit such offences must be dealt with as firmly and harshly, upon conviction, as the Bill provides. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 6 deals with members of staff of the IEBC who, in the process of voting, also commit offences. Such offences include permitting ghosts or dead voters to vote. Of course there is no ghost. What they do is that they bring somebody who pretends to be what they are not and allow them to vote. Previously, when a person pretending to be what he is not went to vote and was arrested, he was prosecuted alone. Now, under this Bill, the officer who allows the pretender to vote is as guilty as the pretender himself. So, they will both be arraigned in court, prosecuted and charged. If convicted, they will be jailed for six years or pay a fine of Kshs1 million or both. This also includes people who register in several places. On polling day, if such a person eluded the scrutiny and detection of the officers and purports to vote again in Kibera, Olympic, Pangani or Highridge and he is caught, he will be jailed for six years or fined Kshs1 million. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like Sen. Orengo to educate me on this when he will be speaking. They are trying to create an offence to persons pretending to be unable to read or write so as to be assisted in voting. I do not quite appreciate this offence because there are quite situations where an offence is created elsewhere to deal with people who intimidate voters. There are situations where some voters are intimidated to the extent where when they go to vote – they never disclose this and to have peace thereafter with their neighbours, marauding youth and so on – they say; mimi sijui kusoma na kuandika . Agents are normally there and the duty of an election officer is to assist people who want to be assisted. You will find them going in and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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