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    "id": 727960,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "We call upon the RPP to move with speed and supply the membership lists to the respective political parties, so that when anybody votes during the primaries, he or she can go through the lists and can be identified with ease. Hon. Speaker, as we speak, they say they do not want to be held responsible, but they are the custodians of the membership lists of political parties. Even our competitors Jubilee, with due respect, say they will not use the smart cards. Is that party primary going to be genuine, legal or it can be challenged in a court of law? This is why we need clear regulations. We need advice from Hon. Cheptumo who had time to scrutinise them. As we said, these regulations are very important and they can be a recipe for chaos if we do not pay a lot of attention. I was also looking at the regulations when it comes to use of technology. Technology is very critical. We have talked about the BVR and voter identification gadgets and the challenge of results transmission. We know a lot of rigging takes place during results transmission. If you look at the regulations, you will find that there is the use of the word “complementary”. Is the complementary aspect technologically-based or is it analogue? This is what we want to hear from Hon. Cheptumo. We have critical challenges in terms of results transmission. We know, for instance, that in the last general elections, Tiaty Constituency had almost 18,000 registered voters, but the presidential votes were excess or even doubling to 52,000. We do not want these issues to happen again when it comes to August 2017. These regulations must be clear so that we can avoid the chaos that will be there. I wish Members were here, but I know they are busy with the primaries. We are few here, and my humble request is that you give us more time because we want to continue reading. I know the Standing Orders say once you contribute you cannot contribute again, but you can contribute again through another Member. We have been very busy. We have been moving up and down. For heaven’s sake, we have not had time to go through them. You can see these documents are bulky and you cannot manage. We are busy people."
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