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    "id": 715815,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/715815/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 125,
        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker Sir, I thank the Senators for the manner in which they have handled the matter at hand today; the maturity, the sobriety and the decorum with which they have handled themselves and the matter at hand. I want to add my voice to the suggestion that has been put forth by the Minority Leader. As much as the Legal Committee is the Legal arm of the Senate, we have the ICT Committee which is our technical arm. We should also enjoin them in handling this matter. The argument that has been presented by the Jubilee administration and the IEBC is that it is necessary for these changes because technology required cannot be procured in time and if and when procured, there is a possibility of failure. That can only be handled by the ICT Committee which should then tell us what we need to do that other countries with similar conditions like ours, have succeeded. For example, Nigeria recorded registered 73.5 million voters in 23 days using the same system. Ghana registered 11 million voters in 40 days. India, in just 90 days, registered 863 million voters. Therefore, it is doable. That aspect can only be given to us by the ICT Committee working closely with the Legal Committee. Lastly, even as we consider this as an urgent issue, I still feel that the most urgent issue is the fact that the IEBC Commissioners still continue to occupy office illegally. They should vacate and allow us to proceed. I am shocked that we are still considering proposals that have been put forward by an IEBC team with which we think should not be in office, They should be giving their opinion as individual Kenyans and then we consider them so that we are all in agreement on the way forward. Otherwise, we will wait for wat will be brought by the Legal and possibly ICT Committees for our final consideration."
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