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    "content": "subsequently disregarded and became the basis for poisoning the political relationship in this country. It also contributed to a lot of damage in this country. Even now, we still have a coalition Government and you can hear murmurs or complaints about how some parties’ rights or promises are not being fulfilled. Some of these disputes by their very nature are not suitable for litigation in our very congested judicial system. Therefore, there is need to create a specialized arbitration or court system to be dealing with this. That is precisely the role that this tribunal is meant to fulfill. So, the absence of this tribunal is a big gap in terms of creating institutional framework and structure to address political party disputes among political players. I am very sure that if you look at some of the problems and behaviour of our political parties particularly during nomination, you will find that they engage in unacceptable behaviour merely because they know their members have no access to quick redress. A tribunal like this will deal with disputes that arise during the nomination process. This Tribunal is, therefore, long overdue and its presence and responsibility will be helpful in containing some of these problems which ultimately affect all political players. The Tribunal will reduce duplicity of political parties because Kenyans feel that once their rights have been violated and they have no court to seek redress, they would rather join other political parties. These practices contribute to the enormous number of political parties in this country. So, it will be the responsibility of the Political Parties Act to create and control political parties so that we can bring sobriety and sanity within our political systems. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to point out that the Chairman has explained why the process was delayed. The delay was not intentional because the vetting process was only beginning to be exercised in this country. So, we were trying to deal with the challenges. We were venturing into uncharted waters and the errors that were made were expeditiously resolved and we are now able to present before this House a team of appointees who have gone through the vetting process and have been unanimously accepted. I have in mind the three nominees, that is, Peter Simani, Chacha Odera and Jessie Mutura. They all meet the various qualifications that are needed. They constitute a team which we assure this House will meet the expectations required of them under this Act. With those few remarks, I beg to second the Motion."
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