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    "id": 731471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/731471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2535,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "I think in Ghana a few months ago, the Opposition had parallel vote counting and for the first time they won the elections. The Constitution gives us the right to make sure that all the votes cast in a polling station, sub-county, county and the national tallying station are correct. I think our colleagues are just trying to play politics out of this. Kenyans particularly those in Narok are ready to make sure that all the votes cast in the polling stations tally. With the new technology, there is nothing wrong with taking a picture of Form 16 and sending it to your agents in the county to make sure that what you got in polling station “A” is correct. I want to tell my colleagues to stop the Raila phobia. Simply because he said he is going to have a parallel IEBC, they are making a big deal out of nothing. After all, we are the ones who made the law that it is only IEBC which is mandated by law to announce the results. There is nothing wrong with anybody checking to make sure that the results announced are correct and there is no monkey business happening. We all know in Africa people try to take advantage of the remote areas. You may hear a polling station has voted 100 per cent but how on earth can that happen? There is nothing like 100 per cent. Even in life you cannot be 100 per cent. So, for them to tell us that polling station “B” has voted 102 per cent is unheard of all over the world. It is only in Kenya where this happens. This time round, it is not going to be business as usual because all of us are interested in these elections. With the new technology, Kenyans can crosscheck. Nowadays, when your opponent holds a meeting in a certain place, people send you photographs showing the number 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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