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    "id": 927782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/927782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "because we represent people, there are many complaints about the way recruitment for enumerators has been done. If we start on the wrong footing, obviously, we will not get the good results at the end of the day. I urge technical officers in charge of the activity, more so the population census, to make sure that we do not allow Kenyans to engage in side shows. In my village, if on the night of 25th August, I find that the person knocking on my door is somebody I have never seen, while I know that there are young men and women qualified to conduct the same activity, I can tell you for sure that is a side show. Why should you send a stranger to my house to ask me important questions while I know very well it could have been done by people from the village who are well known and who will even make it very easy? If my grandmother is visited by a neighbour’s child, she will not ask why they are there at midnight because she knows her neighbour. So, I encourage those recruiting to make sure that we give young Kenyans the opportunity to serve as enumerators or supervisors and we will avoid side shows. The other important thing is the issue to do with drought and farming because it allows the country to target its initiatives. As we collect the data, it is important we approve these amendments as soon as possible so that before we start collecting data in August, we have this framework which will make it smooth to implement the exercise. With those remarks, I support the amendment Bill."
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