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"content": " Why? I have not even spoken, I am laying the foundation."
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"content": " Who is on a point of order? Nobody? Ok, proceed."
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"content": " Why would someone raise a point of order on such an obvious matter? Coming back to this Bill, it is very progressive…"
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"content": "(Hon. Naomi Waqo consulted with Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah)"
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"content": "The Deputy Majority Whip, I am addressing the Leader of the Majority Party on a very serious matter of law. I want to thank Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah and his team at the NADCO. They had serious difficulties agreeing with most of the recommendations we had as Azimio la Umoja. If you will remember well, these serious disagreements led to the collapse of the “Murugara- Otiende” Committee. The Kimani-Kalonzo team was able to navigate through these very difficult issues and arrive at these products, one of which is this Bill. When history is written, Hon. Ichung’wah may get a paragraph..."
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"content": " Or a sentence."
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"content": " Or a sentence. That is good enough. I hope I will not be very far from that because I was also around when these things happened. The salient feature of this Bill is essentially the reconstitution of IEBC by and large. To take over from where Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah left off, the matter of the reconstitution of the panel has been spoken to and you can for sure see that we have expanded it from a panel of seven to nine. They have also given some bodies which were initially not represented, particularly the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), for good reasons. We want ICPAK to have a representation in the selection panel to bring in their expertise and competence. There is also the issue of representation of political parties in the Political Parties Liaison Committee. I have heard some busybodies out there arguing that that provision is vague. It cannot be vague. Any plain interpretation of the law would lead you to conclude what is being referred to in the First Schedule to the principal Act. Clause 2(b)(ii) and (iii) says that in addition to nominating one person who belongs to a party that is neither a parliamentary nor a coalition party, the Political Parties Liaison Committee shall nominate one other person from a parliamentary or coalition party forming the national Government. There is no other capitation. The party which forms the national Government or coalition parties can only be UDA or Kenya Kwanza Coalition. When it comes to 2(b)(iii), one person shall be from a parliamentary party or coalition of parties not forming the national Government. It leaves no doubt as to what it means. It is a coalition of parties or a parliamentary party that is in the House, but does not form the national Government, which can only be Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party. That is as clear as we may wish it to be. There is also the issue of timelines. We saw some mischief where a selection panel which was formed more than a year ago is still in existence because they had no sunset clause. The panel could exist for as long as it wanted as long as it had not concluded its work and handed over the names to the President. It could even exist for five years or infinity. That was a dangerous situation that was created by the makers of that law. We have dealt with that 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": "mischief by creating a timeline of 90 days within which the panel must conclude its work and submit names for appointment. Let me not fail to thank the Members of the Makanda Panel who have done their best work. We know they are operating under difficult circumstances. They were supposed to identify and select IEBC commissioners when people were fighting on the streets. They are Kenyans. They had to be alive to what was happening outside because any small misstep would have led to more problems. I thank them for their wisdom and sense of nationalism and patriotism. I am sure history will be kind to them. Remember, they still have a chance to come back to the new panel. Members of the Makanda Selection Panel still have a chance to be considered for appointment to the new IEBC Selection Panel in the manner established in the new Bill."
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"content": "There is the issue of the term limit for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the IEBC. I heard some people making a presentation the other day saying that the recommendation is uncalled for and ill-thought. They alleged that the CEO would need two years to be inducted on what goes on in electoral management. Bullshit! What kind of a manager would you be if you needed two years to learn your work?"
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