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    "id": 478338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "I am saying this is the time we have to reason as citizens and Members of this House. Let people also be honest with themselves. When you claim that the IEBC is incompetent and the election was not conducted properly, and at the same time you are being paid by the tax payers, was the same referee who declared you are elected not fair? It does not mean that because certain individuals were not elected, the IEBC was wrong. It is high time we accepted the verdict of the referee and allowed life to move on. There will be another election; when the next elections come, let the candidates present themselves and then let the best win. Otherwise all of were declared elected by the IEBC; these were the 47 Senators, the nominated Senators, the 47 Governors, the 290 of us in this august House, the 1450 MCAs and the nominated MCAs; it then means if the process was not correct, you should also not be speaking in this House. You are not honest to yourself. If you were honest to yourself the best thing to do would be to say, “I was declared elected by an incompetent authority” and then you resign and go home to wait for the right body. When you talk about the referendum, there are people who do not believe in other people winning. If you lose you accept it; if you do not accept it, then you are not good in competing. If you are in competition, you have to accept there will be winners and losers. If you lose you accept it; if you do not accept it then you are going the other way round. One Member here was shouting that there will be another way. Which is the other way? You have to substantiate; you are talking about a referendum. You are in dreamland; you will not say that; I said there will not be a referendum; it will not be there. It will not be there; if it will be there, it will about the people of Kenya; they will talk, and decide through their votes. You can shout; even if you shout you have heard what I have said. You have to go back to reason. If you shout louder, at least your masters will know you have already spoken and you are against; you will be okay. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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