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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want what Hon. Manje has said to be taken into account. I have been here for a long time. I know that the way he is saying it is the right way. There is need for consultation. I want to plead with all of us. I know where the worry is. The worry is that people may be thinking that the mood of this country and this House was not read by our leaders and that Committee. They never read our mood. You have done the right thing by allowing us to amend the Report. Some Members are saying that the substantive Speaker had ruled – correctly – that this Report is not amendable. So, how do we get out of it? Let me give a way forward. I plead with you to use Standing Order 1 to adjourn this debate, so that we go and consult on how to do this thing the right way because it is a first one for us. There has never been a Report here between us and the Senate in that sense. We need to think out of the box. Looking at this Report and how that Committee was created, the mandate of the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee was as follows:- (a) Inquire into the allegations against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioners and the Secretariat; (b) On the findings of (a) above may recommend legal mechanisms for the vacation from office of the current commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and Secretariat in accordance with the Constitution; (c) Recommend legal, policy and institutional reforms to strengthen the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and improve the electoral system and"
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