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    "content": "timelines were not quite spelt out in the rules that they had promulgated. So, I think that it is good for us to look at the rules governing elections and the rules of the Supreme Court to make sure that people will get justice and not have their case thrown away just like that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, coming back to the IEBC, they are telling us now that they are going to spend another Kshs500 million on hiring lawyers, when already in the Presidential election they spent Kshs380 million. So, they are going to spend close to Kshs1 billion just on lawyers’ fees. Nearly every Governor, Senator and Member of the National Assembly has an election petition. If these elections were conducted in the manner in which we have been told, there would be fewer petitions. But it looks like every Member of the Parliament and Governor has got an election petition. That is a reflection of how these elections were generally conducted. That does not leave out the members of the county assemblies. So, I think we have got work cut out for us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said all that, I should not be misunderstood because the party to which I belong has given its goodwill to this Government, to try and deliver on the promises they made. We looked at the cocktail of the promises that were made during the Presidential Address and hope that, that will be done. If it is not done, we will hold them to account because that is a role that a true opposition should serve. I also encourage Members of the opposite party who belong to the ruling party, as it were, that Parliament is now distinct. You are not helping the Government of the day by agreeing with it all the time. I think that the one thing that distinguished ourselves during the days of G.G. Kariuki, Charles Njonjo and the rest, is that even within the one-party era, we were able to say things - despite belonging to the same party - and correct that Government. So, I hope that our friends in TNA and URP will not be cowed down. It is better for you to protect this Parliament and House."
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