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    "id": 1479808,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Anne Nderitu and deposited. We were moving from Jubilee to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). We need seamless movement. I am proposing that in the management of political parties, when I go to the website of this Regulation, we are amending of creating a commission, I can be able to tell members of a certain political party. You and I who are in UDA can go to the website and know the number of members in our party and this will account for transparency and accountability. We wanted to prevent the issue of party hopping but we never succeeded. Nowadays, people lose the nomination of a political party, they party hop to another political party. Party hopping is common and the country must decide on what to do about it. This is so that we guard the reason of why you are in UDA, the Orange Democratic Party (ODM), Maendeleo Chap Chap, Amani National Congress (ANC) and Injection of National justice, Economic and Civic Transformation (INJECT). At the end of the day, one must have ideological principles that they follow. That is point (h). Madam Temporary Speaker, even the names and symbols are also issues that you understand about because you are a senior lawyer in this Republic. I propose that we amend No. 4 is as Clause 33(b). It says: The Commission shall comprise of five commissioners appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly. Why are we legislating ourselves out of business? What is this and what is happening? Under Article 93, Parliament is both Senate and the National Assembly. We must amend this. Political parties are the business of politicians and we are in Parliament. You cannot tell me that the National Assembly can approve commissioners and leave the Senate out of it and yet we are political animals. Sorry to use that word in its sense. We are also in political parties. Why would we legislate ourselves out and give somebody else a different mandate? I am proposing that Clause 33(b) be amended. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not have a problem on the composition. I am happy they have said six years. This will allow staggering, going into the future. On the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Salaries and Remuneration Council (SRC), I agree with PSC. The reading of Article 91, we must agree that we need parties that reflect the face of Kenya. We should kill tribal political parties and regional political parties so that we follow the basic requirements. We are one nation, one people under God. I wanted to make a critical point. The Constitution recognises the role of the marginalised and minorities. I have yet to see a political party with a minority or a marginalised in its senior position, as in the leadership of the political parties, yet our constitution has a future. I want to see the political party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) being a Pokomo one day, and I will be happy to see the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) political party leader being a Turkana. So that we do not bring this tribal dominance and tyranny of the big tribes, the big five, I can equate it to the wildlife. Let us ensure we inculcate the minority and majority communities, as well as the Gen Z, youth, and women. I saw my sister, the Minority Whip of the National Assembly, launching her book the other day. I have seen, and I do not know whether it is good for the country, that the issue of any representation, both appointive and elective, they are discussing women only. I have not heard somebody talking about the youth. Some of us, young, had to fight to be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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