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"speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, one of the things I would like to speak about, which the President touched on, is about having confidence in our independent institutions like the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Judiciary. Immediately after the court ruling, people started lambasting the Judiciary. Just because they lost a case, they want to make the whole world believe that we have the worst Judiciary. What about those international businessmen who are looking at coming into this country because they have confidence in the Judiciary of this country? A time has come that when you lose a case, you dust your coat and go home. You say you have lost fairly instead of lambasting the Judiciary. The Judiciary has had a bad name just because one person lost a petition. The IEBC has been vilified just because somebody lost an election. Fellow Members of Parliament, I would like us to build confidence in our institutions. That is the only way to move the democracy of this country forward. It is one of the things that the President noted. More importantly is that this country needs to come together. The last election pulled the ends of this country. It is time we brought this country together. The 13th Parliament could be the organ to bring this country together. It is one of the things that the President talked about. Fellow Members, it is time we preached peace, national cohesion, togetherness and unity and brought this country together again so that the divide or the archaism that has been brought about because of an election can end. We should bring this country together, start working together as a nation, and build a cohesive country. That is the only way we can take this country forward."
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