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    "id": 719008,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719008/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Amolo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 631,
        "legal_name": "Rachel Ameso Amolo",
        "slug": "rachel-ameso-amolo"
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    "content": "cases, they have complained about the distance they cover to get to the constituency office to register. This mostly affects those who want transfers. We have gone out of our way to get a van to take them to the constituency office to be registered as voters. When we talk of transfers, it does not augur well when someone transfers people using buses. How can one transfer 60 people using six buses? That is just unbelievable. We want to urge Kenyans to refuse to be packed in buses to be taken to different areas for registration. We have a big population in Kakamega. We do not need outsiders to help us in the registration exercise. We should be left to choose our own leaders because we have enough voters. I want to urge our people to register as voters because it is their right to do so. I want to urge IEBC to look at accessibility for people with special interests because some cannot access registration centres. The IEBC should ensure that the machine is movable so as to register people who do not have access to the registration centres. As leaders, we should look at the reasons as to why Kenyans have lost interest in the registration process. We should have carried out civic education early enough so that Kenyans can know the importance of voter registration. I want to remind Kenyans that it is their right to vote. It is the only tool they can use to choose the right leadership in this country. The vote is a sure way of removing leaders that voters do not want. I want to concur with my colleagues that this exercise should be done when one is issued with a national ID since the document has details that are required during the voter registration exercise. Doing so will cut down costs for the Government since the two exercises will be carried out simultaneously. The timing of the voter registration exercise is not good. Most students will not register as voters because it is very expensive for parents to bring them from schools to register and then take them back. Parents will again have to plan for their children to travel in August to vote. The timing is bad. The voter registration exercise should have been carried out early enough. If it was done when our sons and daughters were getting their IDs, we would have cut down on costs. It would not be a problem as it is now."
}