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"content": "There is a clause that seeks to ensure that they review operations after a general election for one year to 18 months. This is another welcome amendment. Ideally, one year is not enough for them to review a general election. Remember, in our country, a general election is not about electing one office, but a total of six offices. For that reason, a lot of work goes into that space The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": "and review cannot be realistically completed in one year. They need more time to ensure that proper audits are done and gaps identified so as to enrich the next election."
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"content": "I fully support the clause on Political Parties Liaison Committee getting extra slots. When it comes to elections, the key players are political parties because their members are running for office. Therefore, if they are properly accommodated within the selection panel, they will handle grievances brought by the different political parties and give them feedback."
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"content": "The only clause I am not confident in and wish an amendment will be brought, is the CEO working for a period of three years. The IEBC is a very sensitive space and we need someone with a longer experience and one that understands everything that goes on. So, three years is not enough. The CEO will need to be trained on what goes on in that Commission. Also, familiarise themselves with all the laws that govern elections in this country and undertake delimitation of boundaries. I do not think having a CEO for three years is enough. I hope an amendment will be brought so that the CEO can serve for at least five years."
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With those very many remarks, I support."
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"content": " Very well. The previous speaker had mentioned names of Hon. Members to speak on this. The first on that list is Bernard Kitur, Member for Nandi Hills followed by Hon. Gikaria."
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"speaker_name": "Nandi Hills, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute on this very important, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill. I want to appreciate this piece of legislation from the NADCO Report and the work of enriching it done by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. This is a great opportunity for Parliament to correct the many wrongs that have always happened in every electoral cycle. It is also a chance for us to ensure that every election is free and fair. Elections should not be acrimonious such that every time there is an election, people are scared. So, this Bill will guard every corner and ensure elections are peaceful."
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"content": "Equally, it is very timely because we have several vacant seats both in the National Assembly and in some county assemblies, as a result of not having a properly constituted IEBC. As such, this Bill, when passed, will allow all Kenyans to have representatives in this House and county assemblies since politics is about sharing the national and county cakes. This gives Kenyans an opportunity to have their representatives speak on their behalf. It is very timely."
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"content": "I want to support the expansion of the selection panel from seven to nine Members. They have included various professional bodies in our country like the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya where I am a Member. As a country, we have a long history dating back in the 1990s when various bodies were represented in the selection panel and it was acrimonious. So, this Bill is defining the bodies which will have representatives in the selection panel. It is black and white and, in my view, the members are professionals."
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"content": "This Bill proposes the composition of the selection panel, how they will operate and its dissolution. So, it is giving a complete picture. This is comforting to Kenyans because it is a negotiated document. It goes ahead to elucidate more on how commissioners of the IEBC will be selected. My attention was captured the other day when we hosted friends from a country which has embraced technology in everything. In Africa, I think Kenya is on a better pedestal in terms of using technology. Section 6 of the Act on the qualifications of the commissioners proposes that they should not only have experience in finance, but also ICT as an additional qualification."
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