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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know one of the people consulting is my good friend, Hon. Aghostinho Neto, and I know why. He will have his time. The last time I spoke I said that the elephant in the room is the issue of party-hopping. I want to reiterate what I said then, which I stand for now. In principle, I do not support party- hopping. I wish we had concurrent laws that also promote internal party democracy. We cannot be talking about democracy on one side and taking it away on the other. Democracy must be all- rounded. It must start with me at an individual level, move to the party and go to the country level. I do not support party-hopping but I am happy that a timeframe has been provided, whether it is 60 or 45 days, within which parties can submit the names of their nominees. I would have wished that within that framework, there was an internal party mechanism to deal with complaints. If you look at all the Members who are unhappy, they have gone through very unfavourable experiences. I want to disabuse what Hon. Duale said about party leaders. A lot of times, I have been a victim. It is not the party leader. When I was denied my certificate, it was not Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga who denied me my certificate, it was a party official who denied me the certificate. In fact, Hon. Raila called him and told him to give me the certificate because I had won. Somebody else took me on a certificate chasing for four days. We must have party mechanisms for dealing with unruly people like that one in parties. That is why Members of Parliament are very hesitant about the issue of party-hopping. On the issue of issuance of ids, in Mbita constituency, we are one of the people who are usually affected. What is the penalty? If what we provide in the law is not adhered to, there must be punitive measures for people who do not adhere to it. The other issue is what my sister, Hon. Gladys Wanga, raised on a point of order; that, Hon. Duale was actually misleading the House. What this amendment seeks is to reward parties after elections. There is not going to be any money given to women or any other special interest groups to campaign. It is not provided for in this Bill. This Bill provides, for instance, right now, if the allocation was to be given to political parties, the ODM would get the least because I am the only elected woman in the whole country in the ODM Party. It would get the least amount. It is encouraging parties to ensure that more women are elected to the House. I will give an example of what Hon. Duale has spoken about. He said that we will be promoting Rosemary to vie against Ken in Kibra. In Luo land, there is a saying which goes"
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