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    "id": 846363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, as outlined and as expected, the Committee went round the country. You can see from the outcome of that exercise, the opinion of the people out there, which made us come here. Ninety per cent agreed to change the date from August to December. Those of us, who have voted at least three times, know that December has a very good voter turnout. Mostly, people vote because they are at home. As you know, in August people will mostly be working. It is inconveniencing for families to leave Nairobi, Mombasa and even overseas to travel home and participate in elections. December is very ideal for elections because, with the climatic changes that we have witnessed, is a very dry month. People come to enjoy their holidays and, at the same time, to elect their leaders. Thirdly, for some of us from Western Kenya, August is a time when we have all sorts of ceremonies, including circumcision of our youth and it becomes very difficult. Suppose the elections were to be held this month, it would be very disruptive. Also, all of us present here, apart from the nominated Members, took part in the last general election, which was held in August. The turnout was very poor. In my case, it became so difficult to get people to vote because it was raining heavily. On the Election Day, it rained the whole day. Therefore, only a few people, who support you, would turn up for the elections on such a particular day. Even counting of the votes became very difficult. Even transporting the election materials to the polling station was also an issue. 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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