{"id":961346,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/961346/?format=json","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"},"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."}