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    "id": 719066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.M. Mutua",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Mine will be very brief because most of the things have been covered. One, as Kenyans, we need to ask ourselves why we are last minute people. This is something we should have been doing progressively and continuously. Here we are at the last minute, rushing to register our people and even requesting for more time. We should be prepared as a country always. I am sure before 14th February, you will see many people coming out. I do not know if it is our culture or what happens. We like last-minute things. We need to prepare adequately, especially on voter registration. We also need to address the issue of voter apathy. It is so much out there. When you tell somebody to get a voters card, they will ask you: “What is in it for me?” They even want you to give them cash. There is a problem. We have Kenyans who do not understand that, that vote will give them development. There is a disconnect between development vis-à-vis handouts. We need to handle these issues seriously and have civic education where people are trained as to why they vote for leaders every five years. Those leaders are supposed to bring development. The issue of voter importation is also critical and should be addressed. When you bring voters from other countries or areas that are not within your area, it means the people of your area will not get adequate services because you have brought strangers to come and vote for you. We need people to be voted in because of their performance, but not just bringing in numbers to get you wrong leaders. So, the issue of voter importation should be tackled very fast and the people who are doing it should be monitored by those who do the monitoring. My biggest issue, and I will speak for Busia County, is the issue of women who are married from other countries and counties. Yesterday, I was handling issues where those women are being told by the administration they have to go back to where they were born. Those women have been married for over 50 years and some of them are so old. Some do not even know their chiefs. How do you expect a woman to leave her matrimonial home to go to her paternal home to get an ID? Whatever law that is being used by the chiefs should be looked into by this National Assembly and corrected. That is because it makes our women suffer. It is not their fault that they are married in Busia County. They need to be helped. More so, when women come from 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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