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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the foundation of this Bill, we should appreciate the fact that it is founded under Article 88(4) of the Constitution in Chapter 15. It states:- “The Commission is responsible for conducting or supervising referenda and elections to any elective body or office established by this Constitution and any other election as prescribed by an Act of Parliament.” So, the Bill has its foundation in the Constitution. That is a matter that we must not lose sight of. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was part of a team of members of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that observed the elections in Tanzania in October last year. When we had a chance to go to the hall where results for the presidential elections were being announced, we sat down and noticed how peaceful the process was; how orderly Tanzanians waited for the chairman to announce the results. However, as we walked out of that hall, my brother Isaac Ruto, who was with me, remarked: “This is the most uninspiring. There are no riot policemen here. There are no horses here. There are no crowds shouting here. What elections are these?” That is the mindset of Kenyans where as a colleague said yesterday on the Floor, for Kenyans, election is a matter of life and death whereas it need not be. I am glad that it is founded in this Bill that election must be done in a civilized manner where the looser will shake hands with the winner. As Mr. Orengo said yesterday, you wait with two speeches one to read if you win and one to read if you lose."
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