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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 4(2) of the Constitution states as follows:- “The Republic of Kenya shall be a multi-party democratic State founded on the national values and principles of governance referred to in Article 10.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have to emphasize that “The Republic of Kenya shall be a multi-party democratic State.” So, there is no room whatsoever that this country will ever be ruled by one party only the way KANU had been the single political party controlling the politics of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have gone further in Article 38(1) of the Constitution to provide political rights. It says:- “Every citizen is free to make political choices, which includes the right— (a) to form, or participate in forming, a political party; (b) to participate in the activities of, or recruit members for, a political party; or (c) to campaign for a political party or cause.” What Article 38 of the Constitution does is to entrench the political rights of Kenyans into the Bill of Rights. All the organs of State have a duty to promote the enjoyment of the rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Therefore, all the organs of the State have a duty to promote the enjoyment of political rights in this country. So, any restriction – legal or administrative – which constraints the enjoyment of political rights by Kenyans is unconstitutional and is null and void."
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