{"id":690545,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/690545/?format=json","text_counter":133,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Midiwo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":184,"legal_name":"Washington Jakoyo Midiwo","slug":"jakoyo-midiwo"},"content":"Hon. Speaker, I rise to second. As it has been said by Hon. Duale, there is nothing new about this suggestion. The memorandum of objects and reasons is so clear. It is consolidating offenses relating to elections into one Act. I have been informed by my lawyer, David Ochieng, that he has checked all the statutes and confirmed that there is nothing new in this Bill. Hon. Duale, I have not changed my heart. That thing is called the Orengo-Kiraitu Committee. Even Hon. Junet was there. If they do not work, I just tell them. Akina Junet went there, but they did not work. So, it is called the Orengo-Kiraitu Committee. I have a lot of respect for them. Of course, that is on a light touch. There are a few things which are in this Bill that are going to affect our elections. If passed, they will help us. You know the counties and the misuse of the county funds. The governors are under the impression that they will have the county staff and the county resources to work. How nice do I feel to nail them down tonight? This thing makes reference to the county governors or members of the county assemblies. We will have to know in this Bill, when the regulations come to effect, the time when the governors will turn in all the county property so that when they go to campaign, they cannot order the signing of the cheques. There are so many counties which are creating liabilities that they should not. Given the chance, those people will bleed this country to death. I am so happy that the Bill specifies directly because there has never been another election where they were involved. As you know, we are going to vote six people for the first time to attempt to re-elect. That to me is a very good addition. I want to apologize to my friend, Hon. Junet, because it now seems that they did some work. Even my friend, the Leader of the Majority Party, is seeking to run from the heat in Garissa Town. He promised us that he will be going to Balambala on Saturday because Garissa Town has become very hot. I wish him well. He is constituency-hopping. The man who took Members of Parliament to eat Government food so that they do not party-hop will be constituency-hopping on Saturday. This is a good day. It is his democratic right as enshrined in Article 38 of the Constitution. I beg to second."}