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    "id": 1009887,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009887/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support that this House considers the amendment from the Senate. It is a custom that any Bill affecting counties would have to be sent to the Senate. It is within their prerogative to prefer any amendment that they would want to bring. When they bring it to us, we look at it, and if it is reasonable, we accept. If it is unreasonable, we go for mediation. From the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and our own interpretation, there was only one issue I had, that is, the fact that we are limiting the appointment to only the LSK instead of opening to the wider professions. If we were to even attempt to make an amendment to that, we will then go to open another Pandora’s Box. Accountants, engineers, et cetera, would also want to come in and we will go back to the 11 or 18 people in the panel. So, we trust on this one that the LSK, especially after the tea and mandazi session in Parliament that it is new leadership will not use this opportunity to derail the process. I am sure the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are senior Members within that profession. So, that is one of the issues that Members had, that LSK wants to occupy Parliament and we are now seeing LSK being proposed to appoint somebody into the appointing committee of the IEBC Commissioners. They could actually jeopardise. I know Hon. Millie Odhiambo and Hon. Soipan are seasoned Members of that society. We have so many Members here who protect the leadership of LSK from wanting to sabotage the work of the House. On that understanding, I accepted that perhaps we do not even need to make that amendment. So, I would urge the House that since it is really a technical issue before us, we should accept to debate the amendment then we get to the Committee of the whole House, we agree on those amendments and we make progress. If we do that, at least, before we go home today, we will have cleared the way for other processes that affect IEBC so that credibility of that body can become clear in the eyes of Kenyans. With those words, I beg to support and urge the House that let us move with speed and finish this matter, get into the Committee of the whole House and we dispose of it as fast as possible. I beg to support. 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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