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    "id": 1094857,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this amendment. I have listened to very many Members who are supporting this amendment, but I am not persuaded that these amendments will provide any value that is of public interest. There are those who are saying that people who will participate in elections and lose must be found so that they can come to this House. I want to remind them that the list of potential nominees is forwarded to the IEBC by political parties. Those political parties have an opportunity to do so after their party primaries. They can decide to forward the names of those people who will be number two in their party primaries for consideration for nomination. The IEBC has given political parties a leeway to nominate a maximum number of people. Of course, in a particular order of priority so that depending on how they will perform in the general elections. They will not be short of people to nominate. That was already cured in our existing laws. When you look at the way our Constitution of 2010 was drafted, there were a lot of meetings and a lot of engagements. That idea to make sure that a list of people to be nominated is forwarded to the IEBC before elections was a well thought out idea. There were very many benefits to it. The content of these proposed amendments is not well thought. They can really water down the very benefit that we enjoy as a country by forwarding the names before general elections. With the view of those party leaders who my very good friend and nephew Hon. Chris Wamalwa talked about, this House might miss from their very good expertise. They are distinguished citizens like Hon. Martha Karua and Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga. They have an opportunity to convene their party parliamentary group meetings and go through the various Bills and proposals by this House and make their contributions through their membership. This House has an opportunity to tap into the intelligence of any Kenyan, when it comes to public participation. Any Kenyan can petition this House to pronounce itself on a matter to amend a particular law. So, there is nobody who will be found out. 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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