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    "id": 690428,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muia",
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        "id": 1872,
        "legal_name": "Regina Nthambi Muia",
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    "content": "Having said that, I continue supporting this Bill in totality. The main issue which has attracted a lot of attention is party-hopping, which I continue to oppose and support that there should be no party-hopping. Party-hopping has been misleading, mischievous and a sign of indiscipline. It is time now for us, as leaders, to guide this country and act without fear. Parties like the Conservative and the Democratic started somewhere. I believe they had issues. So, we cannot continue holding nominations that have issues. It is time that we accept that they have had issues so that we rectify them and move on. To add more weight, even a woman cannot be married by Man “A” and put another man in pocket “B” and say: “If things do not work, I will go to pocket “B”. You stick to one man until death do you part. In the past, Members of Parliament have not been able to support their presidential candidate. We have witnessed several members lose their elections because of moving around with their presidential candidate. I am prepared to win the nomination, stay with my certificate, move to Malindi and face Hon. Aisha Jumwa. As she asks for votes for Hon. Raila, I will also put on a buibui and ask for votes for Hon. Uhuru. Time and again, the people with disabilities have been left behind mainly because of the way polling stations have been merged. The issue of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is highly recommended. If we go this direction, we shall offer free and fair nominations to every person who is willing to participate. A very big headache which members have possibly not realised, particularly those who sit at the county elections, is the agents. In Nyandarua County, I have 450 polling stations. When they are divided into streams, they increase to 2,000. In the last election, I paid 2,500 agents to represent me. If we go the IEBC way, I do not need to bother. Because of the madness of nominations, you do not need to look for an agent but a mighty agent. In this case, it is very difficult to get 2,000 mighty agents. So, this is a big headache that will be moved from the people who will be contesting at the county level. Finally, as I say the amendment is good, we need to have a holiday on the nomination day. Why do I say this? The nominations are conducted by people who are normally in town. That is mainly those who are not working but have been paid and are willing to vote. Mothers and people who are working in towns and rural areas do not leave their work to go and participate in nominations. For this reason, the person nominated may not indicate the will of the people of that constituency. For that reason, I will ask the other parties to agree to move as one team and have nominations on the same day. I ask Hon. Members to support because deep inside our hearts we are all sure that a party should represent a nation. No wonder The National Alliance (TNA) is a purely Central Region party. We try to bring on board people from other parts of the country but we do not get Members of Parliament from those areas. Going forward, this is a good Bill which will remove all the mischief. Candidates will also not be subjected to more than one election. In the past, we have been subjected to two elections. One goes through the hell of nomination and then goes through the elections process with the same candidates. With those few words, I support."
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