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    "content": "I want to hope that there will be internal democracy in parties. In fact, many Members who talk to me are telling me that they are frightened stiff of the monolith that is being created called Jubilee. This is because they are going back to the old days of mama na baba . People will be sitting somewhere or some invisible hands or men in dark glasses who will be determining who becomes a candidate and who does not. A lot of those fellows who are now excited in Kasarani and Bomas of Kenya will end up not being candidates because chama kina wenyewe . They must know if they do not know. Hivyo vyama vina wenyewe . I can assure you of that; Sen. Bule, things will not be easy there. Come to Ford Kenya, the door is open. Hatuna ubaguzi and we have no mischief or you can go to Wiper because they do not have mischief. Where you are now, you will be fried in your own oil. You should watch out. It is very amusing that of all people, it was Sen. Sonko who captured Sen. Bule. I beg to second this all important Bill and I want us to pass it as it is. Just before I end, let me point out Clause 6. I think that is, probably, one of the critical clauses in this Bill. As I said in the morning in the other Bill, the IEBC turned up in the Supreme Court and alluded to the reference of four registers. The master register, the black book, the green book and another document that they said contained names and identities of Kenyans whose disability, included severed limbs and so on. That is a highway to cheating. I salute you Senators and our colleagues in the “Lower” House who were in the Committee. We wanted to re-register Kenyans afresh and it could be done. You may recall after the failed referendum of 2005, when the Interim Independent Electoral Commission came in, they removed the entire previous voters roll. In four months, they enlisted 12 million voters. It could have been done, but since the Jubilee side became totally unreasonable, obstinate and intransigent on this matter, we did not want this to be a deal breaker. A comprise was found as outlined in Clause 6; that an independent firm will conduct a thorough audit to verify the accuracy of the register and update the register. There will be nothing like ‘principal register of voters;’ there will only be a register of voters. When you allow the acronym “principal” to a voters’ register, it means there are other registers. However, when you just talk of “voters’ register,” then there cannot be any other register; it is only one. Even the distinguished Senator for Tana River agrees with me; that he wants only one register because that is the only way fairness can be done. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, to accommodate the feelings of the distinguished Senator for Busia, Sen. Amos Wako, I beg to second."
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