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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "window for this debate so that we can come back with proper amendments. There are people in this House who are experienced. They have seen how bad regulations make electioneering very messy. Hon. Speaker, the members of the Committee are not even here. It is only the Chairman who is present. Some of the things we want to address here are those which make even the State know that it cannot imagine laws. Some of the political parties are asking members to get a certificate of good conduct. I know of a member who tried getting the certificate of good conduct, but he was denied because he has a court case; it is not that he is guilty of something. Incomplete court processes cannot bar people from being interested in politics. However, that is the situation that we have. Fortunately, this is being done by political parties! It is unfortunate they do not realise that those things are unconstitutional. It is good to stay within the law. With regard to the issue of requiring aspirants to have a degree, we went out of our way to suspend or expel those things from the law, but the talk out there is of imagined intentions to implement laws which are not there. When we fought here in December, we did not even have Christmas because we were so vicious at each other. It was uncalled for. One man called Aden Duale – he is not present today - is sometimes very smart. He wanted to pass bad law. So, he went and put a caveat in law that says that the degree requirement is suspended until 2022. He knew very well he was buying loyalty of troops who do not have degrees. So, we were fighting over unrelated issues and people nearly killed each other. On that day, I saw a Member from my party go through the back door. Later I asked him why he was running away and he said that he was told his colleagues had guns. It really should not get to that point. We can soberly debate and come up with a simple law that can make electioneering simple and do what Hon. Ngeno has proposed. It is not the end of the world. However, I know that in a House of 349 Members and all up for re-election, if there were no nominations next week, they would all be here because this matter is important for our country. So, it is good that the Committee has raised the issue, but for orderliness, let us not rush it. Let us not do it today or any soon. Let us go on recess and after people lose or win, they will calm down and read this material. I would love to read this but I do not understand why mere regulations that say do not do this or that can be bigger than a Bible. As you know, the devil is usually in the detail. I must confess, I have fears. I have not read these regulations because I may be jobless next week if I keep staying here. As I finish, I want to go and protect my territory because there are some people who have shown up with illicit money. I want to tell my people that it is not about money but the quality of leadership. They will not know this unless I tell them."
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