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    "content": "We have been so magnanimous to say that despite the fact that we have the numbers, we are willing to sit down to negotiate, discuss and consult because this country is very important. By the way, by the definition; no politician should be able to castigate democracy. Otherwise, they would not be in the office where they are. They are there due to numbers. Sen. Omogeni was saying that the Supreme Court never ordered for other laws; that we should just apply the laws as they are. I did not hear any single sentence like “apply the law as it is”. If that is the case, there is no problem. We will pass the law, the IEBC will apply it as it was, but we will have the law in place. This law is not to be passed only because of the 26th October, 2017 fresh presidential election. It is a law that will be in place for posterity. As we have said, the chairman of a commission and their members are not permanent; they are human beings. They can get flu just like the Supreme Court judge was unwell and six judges had to make a decision. If Mr. Chebukati suffers a sour throat and he cannot talk the very day that he is supposed to announce the results, it should not be so difficult for his deputy or any other commissioner to make that announcement. We should not make our country to be at imprisonment of one individual. We are saying that we are opening opportunity for people. Otherwise, there is nothing that threatens the current commission and the current chairman. I want to advise the minority side that when you become so defensive of Mr. Chebukati as a person than the IEBC as a commission, then you make people become suspicious. That is what I have kept on saying. You make people to start wondering why you are so obsessed with one person. We must protect the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) as a Commission and as an institution. We must enable, by law---"
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