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    "content": "Some people in this list are not members of any party, but they are competent Kenyans. They are impartial, patriotic and can take up that responsibility. Why must we require somebody to be nominated from “our party”? Our Constitution recognizes independent candidates. Let them be given an opportunity to vie even if it is one candidate. There should be a guarantee that they will be given an opportunity. I know in the rules here---. They should be considered like any other party, but we have recommended that the rule concerning the independent candidates should be relooked into in future, so that they are catered for. There can be no coalition of independents because then it will be a party. The way we are excluding the independent candidates drives us to a situation where it will be difficult for us to get out of it. Recently we were told “no party hoping” and we voted “yes” without considering the implications. We now have independent candidates. They are not really independent because they had offered themselves for party nominations. They lost. They are losers. They now have the opportunity to contest with rest of us. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a river must flow, whether you build a dam; if you do not provide a spill-way, it will break. These issues of freedom of movement, freedom of association, choosing which party to belong to should be provided for. At any moment, Kenyans should be free to associate with any party, political opinion of any nature without being restricted because what has happened now is that; it is like there was no need for nomination because all those people who vied and lost are back to square one. The government will spend a lot of money printing long ballot papers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I support."
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