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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to keep reminding Kenyans that we are in a transition. In a transition period, we need to have laws that have flexibility so that we can be able to shepherd the transition properly. In our Constitution, there are freedoms that we hold very fundamental and usually when we look at the hierarchy of norms in our Constitution, most times, we do not look at what is most critical like the freedom of association. The Constitution puts freedom of association at the centre of our democracy. So, when you water it down by locking out people in a party where they do not even share ideologies, merely because you want them to stick to them, you are actually breaching that fundamental principle in the Constitution for people to be allowed to associate freely. Political parties are associations. They are groupings. If you differ in a group and if you feel that you no longer believe in whatever that group believes in, the right thing to do is to be allowed to move to another group where you feel comfortable. That is what we call freedom of association. Any other rule that you put higher than the right to freely associate goes against the grain of our Constitution which we passed. That is why we are saying let people choose their parties freely. They should be able to move to a party where they share the same ideologies with members in those parties. Let us not bind them or force them to stay in a place where they do not feel comfortable. I support."
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