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    "content": "Hon. Mbadi, that is not the nearest available free seat, is it? 4. The Committee shall afford the affected commissioners an opportunity to respond to the Petitions either orally or in writing. The Committee shall transmit copies of any additional documentation presented by the petitioners to the affected commissioners as soon as is practicably possible and allow the Commissioners an opportunity to respond to such additional documentation. 5. The Committee must refrain from prosecuting the petitions on behalf of the petitioners. Instead, it shall allow each petitioner to present their case and permit the affected commissioners to present their responses and thereafter consider whether a ground for removal has been disclosed or not. Hon. Members, I, therefore, call upon the Committee to hear both the petitioners and the affected commissioners with minimal interventions. The Committee is to provide a forum for hearing the competing claims and not a forum for advancing the interests of either the petitioners or the affected commissioners. The Committee must remain decorous at all times and civil towards all parties that appear before it. I urge the Committee to borrow a leaf from the conduct of quasi-judicial proceedings such as the one referred from comparative parliamentary jurisdictions, including our very own Senate whenever it hears impeachment proceedings. The Committee has 14 days within which to submit a report to the House as required under paragraph 4 of Standing Order 230. Further, once the Committee tables its report, the House will have 10 days to decide whether or not the Petition contains valid grounds for removal of members of the Commission. Hon. Members, cognisant of the multiple Petitions referred to the Committee, and the fact that the Petitions relate to the four Commissioners of IEBC, the Committee may, if it becomes 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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