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    "id": 718934,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718934/?format=api",
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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": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Dawood has really struggled to understand the thinking behind this Motion. First and foremost, I would like to inform him that the Motion is asking the Committee to come up with persuasive measures, to persuade the voter to register. They will come up with many of them but the one that I quoted was, if the Government is recruiting, then those who have voted will have an advantage. This does not mean that those who did not vote will not get employed. Those who will have IDs will have an advantage just like you can have a marking scheme in any interview where you award points. So, they will be awarded points because they voted. This will encourage our citizens to feel obliged to vote. This is not going to discriminate people. In every interview there is a system of awarding points. My request is that, for those who have voted, they should have an advantage. I have seen people being carried from their houses when they are sick to vote because they are patriotic. We would also like our people to be patriotic, come out of their house and businesses, get registered as voters and vote. That is the thinking behind this Motion, Hon. Deputy Speaker. 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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