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    "id": 719087,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719087/?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": "“persuading” means “Cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument.” This is what we are trying to do. We use argument and reasoning to convince our citizenry that it is their right to register as voters. We persuade them in many ways as Members have suggested. If we make our ID registration to be a simple process where somebody goes to registrar and gets their ID freely, that will also encourage him to get his voter registration card. If we do voter registration at the point where the ID is being issued, it is going to make it simpler for somebody to register as a citizen and as a voter. Many Members have supported that system of integrating whereby the biometric data that is captured for identification is the same that will be used in the voter register, rather than having two different bodies doing this. It can be done by one body and they can share information. That way, we will save the taxpayers’ money. We will be more efficient and we will not be asking Kenyans to do two exercises which can be combined. It is also going to make registration easier if the location of the registration offices is accessible to our people. Some of the compelling issues that would cause people to want to register include jobs. If you get a job, you may be asked to come with a certificate of good conduct from the Criminal Investigation Department or a clearance certificate from your school. This could be only one more additional requirement if you want to be employed by the Government, join the military, be employed as a teacher by the Teachers Service Commission or join the Kenya Prisons Service. During the interview, you will have an added advantage if you can prove that you voted. This is because you participated in either putting a government in office or removing what you perceived as a bad government. You played your part and civic duty. Therefore if we pass this, I plan to take it to the next level and make it a Bill. It will put in place a synchronized system of registration and an easy way of integrating the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) data with that of the Registrar of Persons."
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