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    "id": 762758,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ng'ayu Kioni",
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    "content": "of this world. He is hell-bent on making sure that the legitimacy of the next President, whom I think is likely to be declared the only candidate left on the ballot, is challenged just like it happened during the 10th Parliament. Even as we go through this Protocol, it is important that we go through it with a toothcomb so that the gaps that are being exploited by people who do not mean well for this nation are sealed. It is also important to draw some consolation from the legislation that the regulations that were done in this country sometime at the beginning seem to answer to the difficulty that we are now in as a country even as we look through this Protocol of the EAC where a person withdraws from the presidential race at the eleventh hour. Our law seems to point to the fact that we are either going to declare the only candidate as the President of the Republic of Kenya or in the worst-case scenario proceed to elections on 26th October and elect the person who will be on the ballot paper. There was also the intention of making sure that elections are not held in some constituencies so that again the legitimacy of the election can be challenged but it seems to have been addressed at the beginning of the year where there was a joint Committee that was chaired by Hon. Kiraitu and Sen. Orengo. They seem to have passed amendments to the Elections Act to the effect that if we are not able to hold elections in all the constituencies for reasons that are beyond the control of IEBC, then those elections can be held at an appropriate date to be determined by IEBC. Still, if in the opinion of IEBC the elections in those constituencies are not likely to affect the outcome that is already there, then we should proceed to conclude that position. Even as we address ourselves to the Protocol that is before us, it is important to point out the reason as to why the Constitution made it necessary for us to debate these protocols on the Floor of this House. It is so that we are made aware of what we are getting into as a nation or what we are committing this nation to going into the future. It is also important to clarify to other partners within the EAC that we have a clear path to concluding the stalemate that we have been in for the last 50 days. As I support this Motion, it is important that we make sure that we are not the ones dragging behind the EAC. We have been accused in the past that every time we are required to do something, we are always the last country to fulfil our mandate. It is the case now that we are not even able to nominate our candidates to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)."
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