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"content": "If the Registrar of Political Parties has given a communication to the House indicating that Sen. Ali Roba belongs to the Azimio-One Kenya Coalition, there is no way that his name can be forwarded by the Majority side. Mr. Speaker, Sir, whatever we do on this Floor will come to haunt us tomorrow. If we go on record today as ignoring communication from an office that is recognized under our laws, that will come to bite us one day. Therefore, on the basis of those facts that are on record, I stand to oppose the Motion on the Floor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have sat here this afternoon and on a number of occasions, Hon. Members from the majority side have used unparliamentary language. We rose on points of orders severally to draw your attention to the usage of unparliamentary language on the Floor, but you ignored us. The tragedy of it is that it goes on record. If tomorrow somebody from the minority side uses the same language, we will go back to the HANSARD of today and refer you to that record because this is a House of record. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been your chairman at the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). You have been my faithful member. The moment you sit on the Chair; you are there to serve all of us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Article 124 of the Constitution, we have enacted Standing Orders to allow all of us, as elected Senators, to be given a right to debate on this Floor. The provisions of Article 98 are very clear. That when a Senator is on the Floor, he has a right to rise on a point of order. That is what the Standing Orders say and they have the force of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya because they have been enacted pursuant to Article 124 of the Constitution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we worked very hard to be elected as Members of this House. I plead with you to be fair to all of us. We do not mind the majority having their way, but let the minority have their say. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you read history, there was a Republican Speaker in the United States of America (USA) - Newt Gingrich - who served from 1995 to 1999. He led debates in the House of Representatives and by the time he was leaving, the Republican Party was very unpopular in the USA. It is good that you allow us to ventilate. Let us do the right things that we have been elected to do which is to push for the right things to be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at one time in this House, there was a Member of Parliament called hon. Elijah Mwangale. He once told us the story of the hyena and the stone. The hyena spoke to a stone, but it did not respond. It then went away and said, “even if you do not respond, you have heard.” We have tabled a letter before the House. It is on record. It is a communication from the Registrar of Political Parties. It clearly indicates that United Democratic Movement (UDM) is not in Kenya Kwanza Coalition, but Azimio - One Kenya Coalition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, to those who read the Quran or are Christians, even if you do not listen to us, you will be haunted forever."
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