{"id":716193,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/716193/?format=json","text_counter":25,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"case, even if I take my telephone or my ipad and I rub something, there is a backup within the ipad or the phone. It will tell you to go to the trash and retrieve what you trashed. So, we have time from now until the election to deal with any technological problem without changing the law. What amazes me is when I look at the law that has been changed and how it has been worded, what comes as an amendment is a poor workmanship than the original law. So, why are we abandoning the original law for poor workmanship? Why are we afraid of this law? Mr. Speaker, Sir, this law fulfils exactly what Kriegler told us to do. He told us that if we want free and fair elections, we should ensure that the process and system of election is sacrosanct as much as possible. He asked us to ensure there is consensus in developing this electoral law. We had consensus on this law. We had two Senators from both sides and a Committee of both the Senate and the National Assembly that produced this law. Why are we subjecting ourselves to some form of partisanship by proposing an amendment which is only proposed by one side? Why do we want to plunge this country into another era of uncertainty and suspicion? I was told yesterday, and I felt sad, that one of the reasons why this law is being changed is because there are some lawyers who went to the President and asked him: “Do you think you can win elections with the law as it is today?” That is why I am telling you we should not create uncertainty in the society. If we stick to this, there is uncertainty being created which is not necessary. The President was told to change the law if he wants to win free and fair elections. We should avoid this kind of uncertainty by making sure that what we agreed together as two Houses, we stick to it. If we continue imposing these laws on the people of Kenya, the uncertainty is going to continue."}