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"content": "This is the way to go. Today, you are on top, tomorrow you are not. Today, you are on the strong side of the wind, tomorrow you are not. We want to build a country that gives all Kenyans equal opportunity. I see, for example, some noise building around certain members of the Cabinet; that probably X, Y or Z might be removed so as to pave way for the new look broad-based Government. I want to send an early warning that this will be wrong. Whoever is starting to raise issues on Dr. Debora Mulongo Barasa, if you think that is the way to fix the broad- based Government, you should know that Mulongo, who did not apply for that job because she was very busy in her medical practice, also comes from our community. That community has heavy fighters and sometimes we throw very heavy punches, including Dr. Boni Khalwale. Nobody should intimidate Dr. Mulongo. Concerning the issue of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in this report, we should expedite the process. The other day we lost our colleague from Baringo County. The people of Baringo County need a Senator here. Three Members of Parliament have lost their lives and one MP lost his seat through a petition. Those four constituencies deserve representation, not to mention the 14 wards that have lost Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) for one reason or another. Even as we do so, this will depend on the integrity of the selective panel. The IEBC Selection Panel, wherever you are, please, do not bring to us the same mistakes that your predecessors vested on this country. We have been in this country long enough to know that one of the greatest destabilizers of national unity, peace and democratisation is the elections of Kenya. Its integrity is tested around the Commission and its chairman. Please give us good people. I went through the advertisement you made last week and saw the people who had applied to be Commissioners. I have seen some fairly very good names amongst the professionals who have expressed interest. Please, Selection Panel, avoid the temptation to recycle names. Just because a name is an old name in the papers, media and public domain should not be given preference. Let the interviewing process be accompanied with the lords upon lords of integrity so that we get the best commissioners and chairman. What is more, the Mover of the Motion has spoken to the issue of delimitation. Many Kenyans listening to me think that when delimitation will take place, they will get new constituencies. No, there will be no new constituencies. We will have change in boundaries and in some cases, the change of the names of the electoral units. That is it. If you are at home expecting to get a new constituency, forget about it. If you think we should propose the amendment of the Constitution to the Article, whose number I have forgotten, that provides that Kenya shall have 290 constituencies. Until you amend that, your constituency can be as big as some of those constituencies are, but you will not get it because of this National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last point I want to make on IEBC and this NADCO report is the issue of the presidential election. We must all go out of our way when the time is necessary. I know you can purport to come to legislate, but I will come to you to help me so that we can draft the law in such a manner that there can be a closure of our presidential election. 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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