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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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    "content": "which did not qualify to be divided were divided. If this House ever accepts that report, it is going to be the beginning of injustice in elections. We should be careful with what happened in 2008. People are watching. I want to declare here that a group of Members from all over Kenya, we went to court because there have been moves to try and accept the Ligale Report when it was in contravention of the Constitution. This House cannot afford to go contrary to the Constitution which we promulgated. Therefore, under no circumstances should the Ligale Report be a basis of this. Let us have a new Commission start its job. It may borrow from the Ligale Report, the geographical maps of this country or whatever literature, but let us not try to bind them at all. The other issue is that there are cities which were created here, but they have never been ratified. These are Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru. In the IIBRC, these were not regarded as cities. It is upon this House to ensure that these cities are ratified, so that they fall under the adjudication of the urban centres, otherwise, another injustice is going to come in. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to any crimes that are committed during elections, I would like us to put very stiff penalties. There should be strict adherence to justice, especially on the senior most officers. We have seen the saga in this country. If somebody at the level of a Returning Officer can alter figures – and it happened all over; let us not say who did what – that should be a crime almost equivalent to treason. This is because you are undoing what God had decided."
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