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    "id": 48635,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have been sitting through the debate on this Bill since it started and I felt that I must contribute. First, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute. Secondly, I want to thank the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs for sitting in all the time when we have had debate on this Bill. I can tell you that the Minister is serious and he is one Minister who is committed to the implementation of the new Constitution. I want to encourage him to continue with that spirit. We need Kenyans like him. I want to support this Bill, which is important for this country. This Bill is going to bring a difference to this country if we are going to implement it according to the provisions of our Constitution. Once passed, this Bill will bring sanity to this country. When it comes to political issues, elections are the most volatile. That is where we have a lot of problems. I am very happy that this Bill is considering an issue that has been a thorn in elections in this country, particularly when it comes to the process of the nomination of candidates by the political parties. This is an area where there has been total abuse. The people whom Kenyans would like to elect to represent them have been denied a chance to represent the people through flawed nominations by most parties. About all the parties have never carried out fair and transparent elections. I will say that all the parties have never carried out a fair and transparent nomination process. I am sure that many Kenyans who sit in this House do not sit here because of the flawed process of nomination. So, I am very happy that this Bill has brought in a provision where this Commission will regulate and monitor the nomination process by parties. It even gives chance and power to this Commission to ensure that any disputes that arise out of the nomination process are resolved before any process continues. It also gives a chance for the Commission even to investigate and punish those parties that will be involved in a flawed process of nominating their candidates. So, I am very happy with this provision in the Bill because many Kenyans have suffered. I am one of those people who suffered because of this. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I have also noted with a lot of interest that this Bill---"
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