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"speaker_name": "Daadab, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Farah Maalim",
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"content": " Two minutes. Hon. Temporary Speaker, why do we have elections for members of county assembly (MCA), Members of Parliament, Senators and the President being held on the same day? That is why it has become a do or die situation and Kenyans want to fight at all levels because they are agitated. Why can we not have different dates for each of them? One for the President, another for the Senator, another date for the Member of Parliament and the MCA. In the United States of America, Senate elections are staggered. Every two years, a third of them go for elections. The other two years, another third goes to election and a third one in another. We will have a system where Members of Parliament will be free in their conscience. Today, if you go for election at the same time as your presidential candidate, you will not be guided by the interest of the country. You will be guided by your survival and what will happen to you if you propose the person who comes from your own backyard. We are trying to create a nation. We have a State called Kenya, but we do not have a nation called Kenya. To get a nation called Kenya, let us have these things staggered and then half of the Members of Parliament from Luo Nyanza will not be worrying about who is going to be the President. Half the Members of Parliament in Rift Valley and all the Members of Parliament from North Eastern will not be worried. Everybody will choose someone without fearing the consequences. You cannot do that today. Can a Member of Parliament or a Senate aspirant in Luo Nyanza dare to oppose Hon. Raila? Can a Kalenjin from the Rift Valley dare to oppose His Excellency Dr. William Ruto if they do not agree with his ideas? We, therefore, need to have a Constitution that essentially takes care of that. First of all, we have to know our problems. Treating the sicknesses of this country is by first knowing half the problem. Once we have known half the problem, let us see how we are going to cure it. This country requires us to think loud. That is the only way we can get a proper Constitution and have the right amendments and this country will go…"
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