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    "id": 838412,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know why you are intervening. As you know, the Luos had their initiation of knocking out the six lower teeth. I do not want to disclose those things, but in our Luo culture, we do not circumcise as a right of passage. We do it for good reasons as intellectuals and sharp people. So, do not worry about my culture because I am over that matter. If you look at the conveniences of the societies across the country, some will tell you that they have certain important cultural rites during certain periods. In the same case, if you go to the Rift Valley, they will tell you that the months others prefer are the ones they are very busy harvesting their grains and crops. Therefore, the issues of these sectional conveniences of the societies alone are a matter that was treated at Bomas, least we forget. This is not a matter which should lead us to changing the elections date. Looking at another reason given in the memorandum for debate is the budget cycle. When you make a Constitution and settle a matter within it, it is cast on stone. It is those other programmes which need to be reorganised in the statutes. For instance, if our Budget is interfered with because of elections being held on a Tuesday in the second week of August, we need to reorganise our budgeting process so that our fiscal year ends in July or August each year, including the year of elections. There has been substantial re-orientation and reorganisation of our budget cycle in line with this. I am opposing this Bill because we should not have a situation whereby a Member can propose an amendment which he thinks can be passed by this House. There is a fundamental constitutional issue which we need to interrogate around this Bill. The House must ask whether by moving the election date to December it will be beneficial. In The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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