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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
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    "content": "Thank you. That is good information to the House. So, if that comes in, then, probably, Clause 9(3) will be looked at again. Clause 9(5) talks about a person who has been deprived by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction--- This reminds of those old days of KANU expulsions, when people would be expelled from their parties. Those days were a nightmare. So, if we leave this part of this Bill to become law, we will be giving room for expulsions from parties. We will be legalising things that KANU did illegally to Kenyans. So, it is my feeling that this part of Clause 9 will deny Kenyans their right to belong to parties of their choice. If you have a problem in court, and you have been convicted, let it remain there. Let us not take that court decision to the political parties. Doing so will be very unfair. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 12(d) talks about resemblance of names. We have many parties sharing names, different only in single letters. I do not know what the Registrar of Political Parties will do, because most of our parties share very similar names. So, we may have to have a second look on this subclause. Those are the few comments I want to make in support of this debate. Thank you."
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