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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important amendment to the regulations. I want to remind the Chair that we have party leadership in this country which must manage party primaries. We cannot have regulations brought to this House stating that it is the responsibility of the IEBC and not the party leadership. This country will be led by politicians and not by the IEBC. Let us be very clear. Where are we as a country? If you clearly read through the amendment that you have brought here, it shows that if we do not pass this amendment, the IEBC will come up with regulations on how we shall conduct the elections. It is as if someone is threatening you with a gun saying that he or she will shoot you if you do not say “Yes” or “No”. Parliament is being asked to say “Yes” or “No” to the IEBC. As a Parliament and the people who represent the country, we should not accept this. If you look at the amendments being tabled, you will find that one of them states that we should remove the party membership and go universal. Parties should elect the people they want, the IEBC must declare the winner and when it does so, we should accept it. The party leadership in all parties be it Jubilee, ODM or the Kenya National Congress (KNC), which I belong to, must be held accountable so that we do not bring chaos to this country. I plead with the Committee because if we are not careful, there will be chaos in this country when we have primary elections to choose the flag-bearers for the coming elections. The party leadership must come out strongly on this. We had chaos in Migori and everybody knows it. Guns were drawn. There was chaos and violence. This is not what we want in the country. We want a disciplined country and an organised system. We should not allow Parliament to be a rubberstamp used by parties that cannot manage their primaries to pass laws to insulate themselves. They do not want to take responsibility. Each party in this country, be it Jubilee, ODM, the Wiper Democratic Movement, the KNC or the Amani National Congress should take responsibility for the nominations. It is an internal affair. They should give us their candidates for the positions of governor, president and MCA. It should not be the way we want to treat the issues. If we take this direction, we will put this country in a very precarious situation. We will bring anarchy to the Republic of Kenya. We have to refer to the rules. I do not like the fact that if we do not pass these rules, the IEBC will come up with regulations to pass what they want. The Chair, Hon. William, with tremendous respect, can see how many parliamentarians are here. People have gone home because they do not believe they will come back. People are campaigning and have moved to other parties because they do not believe nominations will be fair. It is very important for the National Assembly to be clear and help this country to move forward. We must reject what is wrong and accept what is fair for this country. I urge the party The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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