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    "id": 719022,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ngetich",
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        "legal_name": "Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich",
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    "content": "Secondly, there is harassment. The residents may not know how to place their fingers for the machine to capture the marks. They should be friendly because there are young and old people who need to be served. As we talk about new identity cards, we have so many uncollected identity cards. Do people really know why they need to possess an identity card and why they need to vote? Why would one apply for an identity card and leave it there uncollected. You can imagine now chiefs are going round saying: “Please, collect you identity cards.” It is just perturbing to know that even after applying, people fail to go and collect those identity cards. Finally, all said and done, let us assume that one has taken an identity card and registered as a voter. We have also noted that during the voting day itself, only 56 per cent come out to vote. So, we will again be going back to tell people to come out and vote. I think it is a matter of really conducting countrywide civic education. It is about researching to establish reasons why there is that kind of apathy or lack of understanding by the citizens of this country that they are not exercising their human right of voting and choice of leaders and that, as they choose the leaders, they are actually choosing development. One leader once said that bad leaders are elected by good citizens who do not vote. So, if they do not vote, they should not complain that there are bad leaders. I support the Motion."
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