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    "id": 731477,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "What will be the picture outside there? Some areas have started the primary nominations. You have seen what is happening with the ODM. Tomorrow it will be another party. Even in the Jubilee Alliance Party, where I am a member, we have seen the same happening. I am a Member of Kapenguria Constituency. I will face other friends during nominations and they are welcome. They are young men and I am always with them. After that, I will face others because this is democracy. It is the people of Kapenguria to decide who will represent them for the next five years. But is there guidance especially in the regulations, the law and the Constitution of Kenya which will give them power to exercise their rights? Will we deny them? Will we have some regulations that do not suit them? My concern as a Member is to pray that we run our nominations and the elections properly. Some of the Members here said that they have faith in the IEBC. Personally, I have not tested the IEBC. Judging by the by-election which happened the other day, you can see some light at the end of the tunnel. I cannot conclusively say that they will do it. We even praised the late Samuel Kivuti who was the Chairman of the then Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). We praised him and people said that he was the best man. At the end of the day, he was removed. Another group was put in. Even here, if you go back to what people said when they were passing the names of those Commissioners, you will find that they were like angels at that time. But immediately after that, there were other issues coming up and we removed them the other day. We now have another Commission. I would just like to caution them and tell them that they should’ first, fear God because that is the beginning of knowledge. If they put God first and human beings behind, they should not even fear a gun or any other threat. They should put God first. They should also know that they are responsible for the lives of millions of Kenyans. We do not want to lose even one life. That is why we are here to ensure that we have peaceful elections. Let those who will succeed do so and rejoice. Like I said before I am facing other young men. If I defeat them, I will be in a position to carry them along with me. There was a time that I lost and whoever took over, we were all with him for five years. That is why some of us are here. Why the enmity? Why quarrel? It is the people’s decision. The people have spoken that it is so and so to represent them and not everybody. I want to call upon those in charge of the IEBC and this House to be very careful with anything they pass. I want to tell the IEBC that Kenyans are now looking at them. We do not care where they come from. You are just Kenyan. The nine of you can come from the same womb but what will you do for these good Kenyans. You are part of it. Mine is just to pray. The documents should be out tomorrow. Those technocrats who interpret the law should tell us if it is good for us or not. If not, they have to change it and put it in a proper way. I know they participated because our Chairman is also part of that family of technocrats and he knows these things because he has represented us in many cases. I do not doubt him and most of the guys who are there. But when we come to this place to debate, some guys want to go overboard to praise something which is not there. You want to bring your village issues to this House so as to convince us or praise your masters which will not benefit us at all. I rest my case."
}