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    "id": 718921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "This falls under political rights of Kenyans. It is in our Constitution. It begins from Article 38 to Article 38(3) which is quoted here by Hon. Jude Njomo. It is very important for Kenyans to know that it is their constitutional right to register as voters, but as Hon. Jude Njomo has said, in Kenya, voting is not compulsory. Therefore, we have to come up with persuasive mechanisms to persuade Kenyans to participate in this very important exercise. The newspapers have recently reported that in both Jubilee Party and the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) areas, voters seem to have apathy. Of course, Kenyans have this attitude and practice of coming the last day to do things and you will find that in the last two days, the queues will be very long and most probably the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) machines will get tired because of a lot of activity and most probably some of them will break down. Therefore, it is good to persuade Kenyans to turn out in large numbers and register now without waiting for the very last minute to come and try to register. The last day will be 14th February, 2017 and most probably there will be no extensions because it is a regulation by law. This is provided in the Constitution and in the election law. Lack of identity cards has been an issue. Many chiefs are announcing all over the local radio stations that there are 50 or 100 cards waiting for collection and they urge Kenyans to go and pick them to be able to register as voters. We also know that the President said that they should process identity cards in three days and it is possible for the country to do so. The only request is to let it be equal to all Kenyans everywhere in the country. 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."
}