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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also wish to register my great disappointment with the Judiciary arm of Government in our country. I was very disappointed that the Judiciary – and let us talk here about the Supreme Court – were absent during the opening of Parliament. If the Chief Justice was away, then his Deputy could not have be too busy to make time to come in and be part of such a great event that only comes around once every five years. It makes one wonder whether they are reading from the same script as the NASA coalition. If they stayed away because they did not believe that it was a legal opening or there was an illegality like the folks across the aisle believe, then we are in trouble. I would hate to infer much, but it is disheartening that at that level, even though the Chief Justice was away, the Deputy Chief Justice and the other judges could not find time to be present during such an important function in the country. I thank the President for his Speech which talked about peace and unifying this country. That is why I am in awe of his humility. I cringe to think what would have happened had it been his opponent in office when the presidential results were nullified. We saw what happened during some of their nominations; when they did not go right. We have seen some parts of the country burn up. The President was able to come out immediately the Supreme Court gave its ruling and asked Kenyans to be peaceful, patient and wait to reconfirm them in office on 17th October, 2017. I also take this opportunity to thank Kenyans for being peace-loving people. As much as they voted on the morning of 8th August, 2017 to elect their leaders - they elected President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta as the President - their democratic right has been taken away on a technicality. They are still ready to brave the heat, rain and whatever conditions including hunger, on 17th October, 2017 and reaffirm that what they exercised on the 8th August, 2017 has not changed; it will not change. They will vote back President Uhuru as the President. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to ask the other coalition that as we speak about being patriotic Kenyans, we must exercise that not just in word but our actions. We have respected the Supreme Court ruling even though we have vehemently disagreed with it. So, I ask our colleagues on the other side that as we continue to respect that ruling of the Supreme Court and prepare for the repeat elections on 17th October, 2017 they need to stop moving goalposts. They need to stop demanding that if some commissioners are not removed from office the IEBC will not conduct elections or there will be no elections. I ask that we become patriotic and respect the will of the people this time round. We should stop moving goalposts and accept whatever the outcome of October, 2017 election will be. I also want to thank His Excellency President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta for always walking his talk. The Jubilee party was committed to make sure that more women are elected to leadership positions. Because they walked the talk, they were able to get three women elected as governors. My two colleagues and I were elected as Senators and many other women were elected as Members of the National Assembly and Members of the Count Assemblies. That would not have been possible without the support that the party gave us. As much that we have been able to get here - there were no elected women governors and Senators - we still have a long way to go as the President stated, but we"
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