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    "content": "any cracks within their parties, so that they can work as a team. Of course, there are some bad losers who, whatever efforts you make, will still pack up and go and that is expected in life. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also gives an opportunity to give ample time to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to submit names for printing of ballot papers. Quite often ballot papers come with a lot of mistakes because of the speed at which they do it. I remember it happened to one of our candidates in Trans-Nzoia. The ballot papers came with his photograph and a totally different name and this only happens at election time. So, voters come in and ask to vote for a Mr. Nyongesa and they are told the name that is there is for a Mr. Omar Juma, but the man is not Omar but the picture is his. There you end up losing for no fault of your own. This Bill is also a good step on nominations. I had spoken to Sen. Orengo and my wish would have been that, in fact, the party lists are submitted to the IEBC after elections. In my view, nominations are a reward for hard work. They are rewards for loyalty. There is quite a number of people who find themselves on the list and as soon as they get on the list they say, “ tumemalizana .” Their engagement with the party reduces to the minimum and they start hawking their political services to the highest bidder, knowing very well they are on the party list and would be nominated. That way, the party ends being shortchanged or cheated. Since the nominations will be done and the list will be submitted after nominations, it is a good development and progress because good candidates who may not be able to win nomination contests can be put on the list for consideration for nomination to either Assemblies or to the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a lot has been talked about party hopping. In fact, this Bill out there is commonly called the party hopping Bill. Although it has so many other positive clauses, people have highlighted hopping more than anything else. Obviously, if a Member wants to stretch your argument at the constitutional level, the Member would say that it curtails the freedom of choice and curtails the freedom of association because there should be no timeline for one to decide who to associate with or to decide to choose what you want in terms of political party or whatever. It is also good because in a way, it restrains and brings what my friend Polycarp Igathe used to say when we were negotiating to reach to this that their interest as the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) was to bring some political hygiene in the manner in which we conduct ourselves. I think it brings some hygiene to the extent that where a person goes for nomination and loses, such a person going to stand on another party immediately thereafter just undermines the strength and future of his own party. This Bill makes it easy for parties to maintain their members who are in politics so that when you go to elections, it is no longer the money or the box. If as a Member you decide to be here, you must be here. When you look at my friend, Sen. Bule, who was elected on a party ticket that belongs to this side, his act of betrayal was on day one; the first day. He came looking like a captive of one Sonko and sat there with Sen. Sonko policing him throughout the elections of the Speaker and from there, we have never had him on our side, and yet, in the records of Parliament my good friend, Sen. Bule, belongs to this side."
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