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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Kathiani",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You will add me two minutes. Historically, we know that Kenyan elections have always been rigged. In fact, from time immemorial, we have always had that problem. I remember my grandfather was a Member of this House in the late 1990s and during that period, the KANU Government came up with various systems of voting, including queueing. I remember when we were looking at the votes cast that time, we would open a ballot box and find that votes were tied using a rubber band, the way money is tied in banks. It was incredible. In the last Parliament, we agreed that certain changes needed to be made to ensure that we protect the Kenyan votes. It does not matter who really wins because anybody who wins is a Kenyan. As a House, we created a bipartisan committee that went out there to seek views from Kenyans. A lot of time was spent in coming up with laws and we later agreed that we would not make any changes, including adding a full stop or a comma. It is unfortunate that the good faith that we had was destroyed by the Jubilee Party within two months. They brought the same laws we had passed and amended them. It is unfortunate that there is already talk about bringing changes to our Constitution to deal with the Supreme Court. There are talks about bringing changes to the electoral laws of this country. Such a move will take us backwards. Instead of that, we should look for ways of solving our problems. Tomorrow, it could be you on the other side. It is important for the Members, as they contribute to this debate, to realise that we are looking for a united Kenya. We are trying to look for fairness. What is NASA asking for? NASA is not asking for any favours from anyone. NASA is simply saying that we need to have a free and fair electoral process. We are ready to participate in that kind of election. However, when the referee is biased or when the referee belongs to one team, then there is no fairness. We know that people went to the Supreme Court to picket and the police sent by the Jubilee Government just stood and watched. This morning, people went to the Anniversary Towers to do 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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