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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are some points that some people have not noticed. The moment we say that the President shall be elected by 50 per cent plus one vote, we are going to have serious and good development. The country will come up with two political parties where every member of an ethnic group will belong to one or the other. This will be a major step towards uniting the country and believing that we all belong to one country, either on the basis of issues or the agenda of a particular party. We still have the clause of 25 per cent in half the regions or counties. I retain my pride for having brought this clause in 1992 with Prof. Nabwesi. It is subsisting because this is how the marginalized of this country have been taken seriously. This is why in North Eastern, every party has had to give due regard that Kenyans are out there, yet we have Kenyan leaders including those aspiring even to be presidential candidates, who have not visited some of the marginalized areas. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to point out that Chapter 6 on leadership and integrity should be a must reading. We must all commit ourselves to actually teach the values given in this chapter. Let us consider some key amendments. I wish to suggest that our caucus which has come a long way in helping us reach consensus should isolate some of the technical items which should be brought forward. If we are unanimous, we pass those ones and then the contentious issues can be put to the vote. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will leave a few minutes to the other hon. Members."
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