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    "content": "on both sides and chaired by the leading lights of the second liberation. Some of the Members were very active in the second liberation, consisting of young upcoming legal luminaries on both sides of the House, including Sen. Murkomen, who should also now listen to me and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., among others. We have every confidence that what they have brought to be approved by this House is something that this House must approve. Of course, in any negotiated instrument, you cannot expect to have it altogether. However, I can say that for my part, I agree with 80 per cent of the recommendations and maybe, one or two I could have thought otherwise. However, since it is a negotiated instrument and negotiated instruments have dynamics of their own, of give and take, they must have had very good reasons for making the recommendations that they made. They must have had very good reasons for going against party-hopping, because our Constitution is very clear that we are a multi-party democratic State and party- hopping undermines the viability and the sustainability of political parties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, had I been there - although I accept what they have done, since they must have thought about it - I would have given more provision for independent candidates. I would have made the issue of independent candidates come after the nomination by the parties. The law is that the nominations of the parties and independent candidates are at the same time. I would have brought independent candidates slightly after the nomination of political parties to enable those who have been rigged out, if I may say so, to have an option, although we have provided a very good proposal that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) should supervise party nominations, I think it is a proposal in the right direction but it does not stop having irregularities in the nomination exercise. It would not necessarily stop having a bigger influence of the party leaders in the nomination process."
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