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    "id": 1097811,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1097811/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "I do not want to go into the individual nominees because the Report is very clear. The Chair has indicated why they picked them. They all qualified in their rights. I emphasise that, having read the Report, I have no doubt that the procedure that was arrived at was good and was adhered to. The constitutional and statutory requirements have been adhered to. The suitability of each of the candidates in terms of age and education has been sorted out. IEBC itself has confirmed the limitation on the people who have been in politics. By and large, I believe we now have four potential commissioners who I implore the House to approve so that immediately they get the appointment, we will cure the problem of IEBC being condemned on a daily basis that it does not have a quorum. IEBC has a big role to play. In addition to the 2022 elections next year, the window of delimitation of boundaries is getting to the tail end. In 2010, we created the 290 constituencies in the Constitution and agreed that in the next review, the population quota would be rationalised, which is now in this review. I urge the new IEBC to take this matter seriously and if possible, to do it as early as possible, but not wait until the far end because it is going to be emotional. There are constituencies that will lose or will be scrapped because of the population quota. The framers of the Building Bridges Initiative Constitutional (Amendment) Bill had foreseen this problem and had tried to save all this. Unfortunately, because of the politics of the moment, we do not seem to think of the unification of Kenya. So, some people will suffer while others will gain. IEBC unfortunately will be given the responsibility. In 2010, they did a very bad job out of it hence we ended up with more gerrymandering and constituencies such as Embakasi and Ruiru ended up with people three times their neighbouring constituencies have. Obviously, we have some tiny constituencies. This disparity is what causes tensions and inequality leading to people to feel that there is no equity and tensions around the elections."
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