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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is with great pleasure, therefore, that I propose the following as the decision of the committee. 1. The Committee noted concerns raised on several appointments to the constitutional commissions/offices made so far, and resolved to do an audit to cross-check conformity of these appointments to Article 250 (4) of the Constitution. The Committee will provide a report to that effect to the House. 2. The committee deliberated on three issues surrounding the nominations to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. They are religion, gender and regional balance. I was very proud of the Committee when it indicated that religion was not a constitutional requirement, therefore, we did not go into that issue. 3. The committee noted that all the nominees had the necessary qualifications and experience. The committee also confirmed that the list was regionally balanced. The eight individuals hailed from the eight provinces of the country and that it met the gender rule, that not more than two-thirds were from one gender; it met the qualifications as far as the Act and Constitution were concerned. 4. Hon. Beth Mugo registered her objection to the nomination of Mr. Abdullahi Sharawe not in his individual capacity or in terms of his qualification, but because she felt that a member of the defunct Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission, which did not resolve the delimitation of boundaries should not serve on this Commission. 5. The hon. Moriasi Ombui and hon. Lukas Chepkitony were not happy with the process that was used; some of the issues that came to the Committee were that some of the old commissioners had not been invited for interviews. Indeed, that was so but this Parliament is the one that gave that panel the power to decide who to call for interviews and who not to call for interview. This Parliament had the power to say that all the members of the defunct commissions would automatically come in for interviews. We had the power to say only those ones should be interviewed, but we said that the panel would have a free hand to interview anybody, so long as in the final product, you had at least one member from either of those old commissions. Following the above deliberations, the committee recommends that pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 4 and 5 of the First Schedule to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Act No.9 of 2011, the House approves the nomination of the following persons for appointment to serve in the IEBC in their stated capacities:- 1. Mr. Ahmed Isaack Hassan, Chairperson 2. Dr. Yusuf Abdulrahman Nzibo, Member 3. Ms. Lilian Bokeeye Mahiri-Zaja, Member 4. Mr. Abdullahi M. Sharawe, Member 5. Mr. Thomas Letangule, Member 6. Mr. Mohamed Alawi Hussun, Member 7. Ms. Joyce Muthoni Wangai, Member 8. Mr. Albet C.O. Bwire, Member 9. Ms. Kule Galma Godana, Member"
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