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    "content": "amendments that are taking place in this document allow more democracy and freedom. For example, the situation that the Chairperson of the IEBC should not necessarily be a lawyer allows more administrators with vast skills to be accommodated in the same. I concur very concomitantly with Sen. Kang’ata when he said that if we do not do it, we allow the courts to legislate instead of interpreting, hence making our work here irrelevant. This is, therefore, the right place to make this legislation instead of allowing the courts of law to do it on our behalf. The beauty of a Constitution is that it can be amended in order to adapt to changes in the society. Technology is there to serve man and not the other way round. However, overreliance on technology also has its own shortcomings. As a teacher, we used to embrace technology very much until we realized that it can never take the role of a teacher. So, the human resource still stands strong in the presence of technology, because technology was developed by the human mind not to replace it completely, but to make humans more effective. Therefore, the reliance on manual transmission is more important than relying on technology that can be hacked or manipulated. So, I support the fact that human resource surpasses the technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our friends have taken the option of going to the streets. In my county, the people are complaining that they have not paid their agents and are wondering whether they can afford other agents. So, their option is to match on the streets and make the situation look dire. Our friends have not paid their agents, and that is one of the problems that they have. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the amendments of the Constitution will prevent selfish individuals from over-relying on the courts and running there to escape realities in the society. Therefore, we strongly support the amendments to the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.39 of 2017) and this is the right time. The time for doing things depends on the dynamics that arise in the society, and this is the time that we must do it. We are not going to retreat simply because people are going to the streets, thinking that they will scare us from doing this. I beg to support this amendment since this is the right time. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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