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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I start with amendments to the Draft Elections (Technology) Regulations, 2017. For those who have the regulations, if they look at Part III, Regulation No.9 on page 15, they will find a clear discrepancy in the sense that it says: “The Commission shall issue a public notice specifying date, time and place the testing of the equipment and invite stakeholders to attend.” In 9(2), they go on to say; “the Commission may publish the information.” If it “shall issue a public notice,” why is it that “it may publish the information?” Why are they testing it? I want to delete the word “may” and substitute it with the word “shall” in Regulation No.9(2) because if we stick with the word “may”, we are giving the Commission a leeway to play mischief in the sense that they may or not publish whatever they find. That is not good for transparency and for elections where people want everything to be transparent. 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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