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"speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
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"content": "I notice time is not on my side. It is important for Kenyans to know that there was a proposal under NADCO to increase the term of the Senate from five to seven years. The Joint Committee said a big no! We do not want to increase the term of Senators or any holder of a public office beyond what is stated in the Constitution. Therefore, Kenyans should rest easy knowing that we are not going to increase the term of Senate and the National Assembly. It will remain five years."
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"content": " Allow him to finish his sentence. My advice to the Clerk-at-the-Table is that it is good to allow a Member to finish the sentence before cutting them off on the time."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for your protection. As I conclude, we agreed that the recommendations on extension of term for the Senate be dropped. Also, no Bill should be presented before any House of Parliament, for extension of term. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With those remarks, I beg to second. I urge Members to read the Report, contribute and do justice to the people of Kenya."
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"content": " Hon. Caroli Omondi."
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"speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak on the NADCO Report and its recommendations. I note with a lot of gratitude that majority of the proposed amendments have been rejected. The first time I went through this Report, I learned with horror that there was a proposal to increase the number of Members of Parliament through further direct nominations to meet the two-thirds gender parity. I firmly believe that we are a Parliament of 290 elected leaders, 47 special seats by affirmative action and 12 nominees. A third of 290 is 97, if you do your maths. I propose the 12 nominees be reserved for women. We can only add another 12 nominees if the 47 affirmative action seats are taken away. This is because you cannot do affirmative action on seats that are already affirmative. The shortfall is between 28 and 29. This being the case, we can make a requirement since all political parties get direct public funding. I would have recommended that a party must meet the two-thirds gender rule to qualify for public funding, if I were in that group. Parties have safe seats they can reserve for women in their strongholds. We should not add seats through party lists. Even the concept of “party list” itself is an oxymoron in our constitutional system. These lists are used where parties are elected and not individuals. In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) goes to an election to be voted. No individual is voted for. We have direct election of Members of Parliament in Kenya. In South Africa, they have a party list of those who will become party Members of Parliament, if 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": "a party wins a certain percentage of the votes. We do not need a party list in Kenya. It is a constitutional oxymoron. I am very happy that this has been rejected. My proposal is that we do not need to work heads too much about the two-thirds gender rule. The solution is already in the Constitution."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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"content": " Hon. Caroli, what has been rejected?"
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"content": " I am reading the observations of the Committee. They said clearly that these amendments cannot be implemented."
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"content": " From what I read in the Report, they said they support. They are only deferring the implementation."
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