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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. In doing so, I also want to join my colleagues in wishing everybody in the House all the best as we embark on the rigorous campaigns for party primaries. I truly appreciate the fact that, as Hon. Tim Wanyonyi said, there are those even within ODM who are unchallenged like him. I know, because I live in a constituency near Hon. Tim Wanyonyi’s. He has worked and delivered for his people. Congratulations to Hon. Tim Wanyonyi. However, it is also a fact of life that there are those who have paid for the tickets. It is only fair to state facts as they are. There are those within the political parties that are dishing out free tickets who have paid a price for them. I sympathise with someone like Sen. Elizabeth Ongoro. I saw her pain yesterday. Even as I pitied her, I could not help, but ask myself whether she will ask us to help contribute towards her campaign to pay a higher bid than that which was paid by those who were given direct party nominations. It is also a fact of life that there are those who have paid. There are parties where every election year, they become enterprises to vend party tickets to those who have the resources. Many Members have spoken about peace. We must say things in this House and even in our parties and practise what we say. With a lot of hypocrisy, we can talk about peace from inside this Chamber, but what we practise out there is something totally different. I am really perturbed because yesterday, one of the leading party leaders, the former Prime Minister, talked about his opposition towards his own political party abiding by the rule of law - laws that were passed in this House - in relation to the gazettement of nomination lists by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). He now wants to trash that. Those laws were passed by Members including those of his own political party. He now claims that they will not abide by those laws. It is disturbing because it is the same leadership within the ODM and NASA that has been telling Kenyans that they are ready and prepared to set up a tallying centre. I want to say for the record that there is absolutely nothing wrong with any political party setting up its own 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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