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    "id": 718918,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njomo",
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        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I indicated that about half of the eligible voters turned out to vote. That is a dismal percentage because we would have expected more people to vote. It is very difficult to tell that all those people who are demonstrating voted. Many did not vote because only 50 per cent of eligible voters participated in elections. I, however, stand to be corrected. If the BVRs would be domiciled at the Registrar of Persons, the only expense to be incurred by the IEBC would be to train officials in that office on how to register people. It would be like the IEBC contracting the Registrar of Persons to do registration of voters as a continuous process. This would save the IEBC a lot of money and time, and we will raise the number of registered voters from 14 million to almost the number of people issued with IDs. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to urge this House to instruct the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to urgently formulate and propose persuasive and compelling mechanisms for consideration by this House to motivate and encourage citizens to register. This would include giving registered voters an extra advantage when going for competitive positions in the Government. If the Government is recruiting people to join the forces, why should a person who did not vote have an upper hand than the person who voted? We know that they are 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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