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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "still get commissioners who are lawyers. Why do we insist on the LSK getting a slot there? That is discriminatory. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as Senators, we have an opportunity to demonstrate leadership by agreeing on this. Today, the issue is not about numbers but about this country and where we are going. The Commission that will be selected is the one that will lead us to review boundaries and the 2027 elections. We want to get a Commission that is acceptable and competent. It should be a Commission that will unite this country and not one that will divide us along party or tribal lines. This country needs to move on and we can only guide this country to move on if we make good laws for posterity. We should not make a law that is going to give someone an edge over the other. We need a law that will be there for a long time to come. This law that we are trying to amend here is a law that was passed in this House just before the last election. It is barely one year in existence and yet we are amending it. Our colleagues on the other side celebrated when this law was passed. The Senators on the other side should not celebrate because it will come to haunt them in future. We should ensure that we pass a law that will be there for posterity and a law that will not divide this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have heard a lot about elections. There is a conversation outside there about elections. I want to say that the President has said there will be a commission of inquiry. On this side, we welcome an independent commission of inquiry because we have a lot to say about the last elections. So, it should be put in place as soon as possible. We want that commission to come up with recommendations that will change the legal architecture of elections in this country."
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