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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "built across the constituency for that lady to run for a Member of Parliament. But we have cancelled all the 47 slots. So, all the women in this country to come to this National Assembly will start from zero. We were starting at 47. If you have to nominate women to come to this House, we were to start at 48. We were sure of 47. Now, we are back to zero. Whoever will be nominated to this House, you know the equation of nomination, will not be dealt the same respect as the Woman Representatives who are fully elected command in this House. So, the right thing should have been to retain the 47. If we wanted to move to 70, the extra 23 or thereabout should have been shared among the other constituencies that are more deserving in terms of representation. So, I really have a lot of reservation on this. In terms of Article 89, the issues of the IEBC, the IEBC has a role to play. Other than considering the population, there are too many other issues which were being considered by the IEBC in sharing constituencies. If you only consider the number of people, the population, we will lose it. In terms of costing or implementing projects, for those of us from rural constituencies, you realise that to implement a project like water or electricity distribution, you will find that the constituencies in the rural or the ones which are sparsely populated are the most expensive in implementation. Therefore, if you only concentrate on population and bring all the constituencies in town, they will not have a lot of work to do. Other than maybe bursaries, there will be no schools to build because there is nowhere to build schools. Therefore, we need to look at that matter. Finally, there is a serious threat to commissions. The 2010 Constitution ensured that most commissions are independent and until now, they are operating well. Introducing an ombudsman to the Judicial Service Commission will be a form of interference and moving most powers to the Inspector-General of Police will interfere with the National Police Service (NPS). The SRC is the most affected as commissioners will be appointed by the President and we will not have the other representatives. I want to go on record to oppose the Bill. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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