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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Government must be serious to curb the number of people with guns. You see people throw guns as if they are throwing stones like the incident we saw in Migori, which was totally unfortunate. I want to speak on the issue of direct nominations. I know there are colleagues who are feeling disappointed that ODM has done their process well. Welcome and learn from us. It is not too late. For those who had no contestants, they were given direct tickets. It does not matter whether you are trying to impute that people bought certificates. If there would be a person to be given direct certificate, it is me but I have opponents. Because we are a party that protects the right of everybody who wants to vie, it is only the people who fear, who might run to other parties, but I am glad we did an excellent thing that has never been seen in this country. So, to go around and start saying that people bought tickets, I am sure there are people in Jubilee who may be having direct tickets. Do a proper process like us. Do not be embarrassed. I know at one point during the life of this Parliament I was beginning to wonder whether we did the right thing in bringing the 47 women for a variety of reasons including the fact that some of them did not look like they were aware about their roles and started fighting women who have been elected between the geographical constituencies, but I am glad we did that. Some of it is because it is a transitional period. It is a new thing. We definitely had to have some teething problems. One of the reasons I am saying this is that just this afternoon while driving through Kibra, I counted the number of posters with women candidates and I was totally impressed. I drove through Kilimani and around town and I was impressed. Other than just hoping for the best for the Members in the House, I am hoping that we have more women elected into this House. I would, therefore, be cheating if I said that I wish all Members come back because then our numbers will be less. I hope more women come to this House than we already are because we still do not have the one-third that we are hoping for. On my own part, I am happy. Between this and the last Parliament, I pushed the Victim Protection Act, the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, the Counter Trafficking in Persons Act, the Child Justice Bill, which is pending and the Assisted Reproduction Bill, which unfortunately, was not passed by the Senate and it is still supposed to go for mediation. I am hoping if it does not pass in this Parliament, I will push it in the next Parliament. The only challenge they did for me is that they have delayed my opportunity to have children. Finally, there is nothing wrong, as Hon. Ichung’wah says, with having an independent tallying system and there is nothing wrong in announcing results. Freedom of expression is guaranteed under the Constitution. We do not want to see what happened in Tiaty, in the last elections. Indeed, if we have a situation of stolen elections, there is nothing stopping us going the Ghana way and declaring a president in any other place because that is our right. We can go the Gambian way. So, let us be clear and let us follow the rule of law as Hon. Ichung’wah has said. Let us give everybody their due right. I wish all Members the best even as we go for nominations."
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