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    "id": 771339,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: - THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30(3)(a), this House resolves to extend the sitting time of the House today until conclusion of the business appearing in the Order Paper. Hon. Speaker, we are conducting an election which is a very complicated matter. I am sure friends from the other side know how complicated it is. This is because at one time they withdrew and it collapsed. So, we might anticipate some withdrawals between now and the voting. So, it is a very complicated matter. People might tie. Those of us who were in the 10th Parliament, when we voted for East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), I remember we voted in the morning and some of us went to attend a function then we were told people tied. So, we came back in the afternoon to vote. So, this extension is just in case this session delays past the hours allocated in the Standing Orders then we can have another extension of that hour until we finish this business. Hon. Speaker, the only problem here is, if you lose in this election today, you can only go to the East Africa Court (EAC) of Justice which is based in Arusha. You cannot go to a magistrate around here. Yesterday, I saw the Political Parties Tribunal telling you to stop a Parliamentary process. That Tribunal should not overlook the powers of this House. A parliamentary process once completed, anybody can go and challenge it in a court of law. However, when Parliament is in the process, you cannot stop it. However, when parliament is in the process, you cannot stop it. So, for any of the candidates or their parties or even those who are out, if you are dissatisfied with today’s voting, you should go and look for the great Governor of Kisumu, Prof. Anyang’ Nyon’go. In the Ninth Parliament, Professor Anyang' Nyong’o took a case to the High Court and he won. So, he is the one who can give you advice on how to challenge the House. I think we are all set. The House is full, and I thank Members. We are under obligation to carry on with the exercise. The men and women who will represent us in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will be representing Kenya; they will not be representing other interests. Today we may doubt them because they have been sent here by political parties but the moment they are elected, they will be Members of Parliament (MP) representing the great nation of Kenya. We do not want to be caught up with time. We want this House to sit until we finish with the last business. We have the Adjournment Motion after the elections. So, please, do not go away. We also need to dispose of the Adjourning Motion, so that we can proceed on recess until the beginning of the new Session in the New Year. Since my colleague, Hon. Mbadi is back – it is good he left because upon his departure, this place became very hot. There were many questions that I and Hon. Junet were asked that we could not answer. We had to suspend the questions until another day. Hon. Mbadi is back, and we respect leadership. I want him to second the Motion for extension of the sitting time of the House until conclusion of business."
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