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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I would further guide that even if this House is dissolved--- Go ahead and read clauses 8 and 9. You will go back to square one because under Clause 8, the next Parliament would have a full five-year term within which to do that. If it fails, even the succeeding one will also have another five years. So, in as much as I see people getting excited about that ruling, it is coming at a time when it may not be very practical. However, there is still room for either Members or the Attorney-General to propose legislation. Let us not wait for the dissolution because then, there may never come a time when that particular legislation will be enacted, since there is a chance that every succeeding Parliament will be waiting until the tail end when somebody says, “Five years are over, can you dissolve Parliament.” Waiting until the tail end of a Parliament’s life may not be very helpful. Can we encourage ourselves to explore various methods available? Hon. Eseli has just brought out the point. Article 81(b) states thus: “The electoral system shall comply with the following principles— (b) not more than two-thirds of the members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender;” What is our electoral system? That is the question posed by the Member for Tongaren. It is first-past-the-post. How then will that electoral system ensure these results? Trying to get these results is like saying that you are going to have five people doing 100 meters. The Member for Kitutu Chache North, Member for Kitutu Chache South, Member for Tongaren, Member for Kisumu West and Member for Kibwezi East are running 100 meters but you are telling them that even as they compete in that race, the Member for Kitutu Chache North is going to be the winner. It may be difficult because the Member for Kibwezi East may run faster than the Member for Kitutu Chache North. So, if she wins but you want the result to be that the Member for Kitutu Chache North is the one winning, how do you achieve that? That is the question that 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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