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    "id": 961346,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/961346/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 186,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
        "slug": "wilberforce-ojiambo-oundo-2"
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    "content": "THAT, clause 4 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (b). My justification for the deletion is that giving the Bureau the expanded mandate to undertake census within the 10 year-period in so-called ‘exceptional circumstances’ is a recipe for disaster and it is likely to be misused for political expediency by any strong political force to lead to misallocation of resources and for political end. Therefore, I cannot envisage any exceptional circumstances that can warrant a new census for a specific location or group of people, whether the Cabinet approves or whatever the circumstance is. We need to know what those exceptional circumstances are. I cannot envisage any exceptional circumstances. All that we can read in this is mischief clearly designed to alter revenue allocation considering that population is a critical element. It also can typically be a process of voter importation, which is very rampant in this country towards an election. So, I ask my colleagues, if you agree with me, we delete that particular section because it is bound to be misused at any given time."
}