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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the last Parliament, I had opportunity of sitting in a committee when we were doing the security laws. One of the issues that was raised and we had indicated to have an amendment was about picketing. It was only that we did not want the laws to go to the Senate. Picketing in other countries is assigned a certain place and we can assign picketing a good field in Kibra or somewhere else where people can picket and demonstrate. They can carry as many stones and firimbis and picket in that place the whole day, week, month and year. I hope Hon. Matiang’i will pick this up, bring it up and assign a certain area for picketing. We went to The Hague when NASA people took us and when we tried to demonstrate, we were told that we could only do that in certain place. That is where we picketed and demonstrated. Thank God, we were heard. There must be a limit to protesting. We need to change our laws such that if you perennially lose elections, there can be a limit as to how long you can picket, so that such losers can be given time to relax and become good citizens. Somebody loses elections 10 times and claims that he had been rigged out including in an election he vied against the former President Mwai Kibaki, a very innocent Kenyan. I was talking to Hon. Mbui from Ukambani, who suggested that we introduce a provision in the law for a running mate to resign. I heard that Hon. Kalonzo wants to resign because he is tired as well. He can walk out and Musalia Mudavadi or Wetangula can take up his place. Unfortunately, Hon. Wetangula planned well because he had seen this coming and went for a Senate seat. Hon. Kalonzo had put in his nomination. These are some of the issues that we would want to see in the 12th Parliament. We also ask the NASA lawyers to help us come up with changes in law so that we can have sanity and stop the madness of demonstrating daily."
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