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    "id": 930418,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Statistics (Amendment) Bill is trying to enhance and stamp the authority of law. It is given we will have census this month. Last time after the census, there was some interference with the statistics that had been collected. Census results in some sections of the county were not declared. This Statistics (Amendment) Bill will make anybody who tries to interfere with census results to have committed a criminal offence because he will have gone against the law. Sometimes, we have officials who sit in Government offices and they abuse their office by trying to circumvent the law and create their own things. This Bill is going to bring that to an end. Whoever tries to abuse power or his office will be dealt with in accordance with the law. The amendment to Section 26 is important. It is going to enhance law enforcement and protect the statistics that have been collected. Census is done after 10 years. If somebody interferes with it, it will not give the Government accurate records to be able to plan its programmes. If the Government does not have accurate information, it will not be able to plan appropriately for the 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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