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    "id": 901684,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "What Sen. Olekina is trying to do in this Bill is to limit and minimise the number of complaints that come forward through petitions. I can remember in one of the occasions when we had finished the elections and done our own tally, we were winners by 6,000 clear votes. The person who was contesting had already lined up his goons with the purpose of creating a scene in the hall, where the returning officers were just about to announce the results. In that melee of confusion, they hoped to announce the winner by changing the results. These are the injustices that we must correct in our electoral process. I agree with Sen. Olekina that, for instance, we process Form A at the polling station, Form C at the sub-county tallying station – whatever it is you want to call it whatever that county is – and Form C at the county headquarters tallying centre. If you notice the agony and pain that candidates go through in this process, one would wish to know how we can change these laws to make it seamless and easily flowing, without the kind of tensions that it has created in this level. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I agree that one of the ways of verifying results before they are doctored by anybody else in between the polling station and the sub- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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