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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "I know there are some of my colleagues here who would not want party hopping. We passed this Constitution to take effect after the first election. We did not pass it to disorganize the already existing structures of Government. So, it would be wrong and irregular for us to sit back and watch as it disorganizes the structures of this Government. Therefore, I want to thank hon. Isaac Ruto for thinking and trying to put things right. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even though we want to pass this Bill which I know many people will say is selfish on our side, let it be selfish. There are some anomalies in the Elections Act which we must correct in the Third Reading. I want to plead that the Third Reading of this Bill comes in the afternoon and not this morning, so that we have ample time to correct these anomalies in this Act. There is a section that says that it is illegal to distribute campaign materials before the election date is declared. We are already seeing political parties distributing kofias and posters. Kenyans do not know about this law. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has not educated anybody on the provisions of the Elections Act. So, everybody is committing a crime. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is undemocratic to tell Kenyans that only registered party members shall do nominations while most of these political parties are briefcase parties. Nobody knows where the political party cards are. Furthermore, there is an hon. Member of the party where I am the Chief Whip, when you go to the records of the Registrar of Political Parties, he is a member of a different political party. He never applied to be a member of that political party. About 60 of my party officials belong to"
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