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    "id": 1334452,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh",
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    "content": "Amending this Act is only for the conduct of a by-election in case of absence of a commissioner. If commissioners are in place, the CEO will not have these powers. Some people might say IEBC is the commissioners. They might be right or wrong, but IEBC as we speak now is a body constituted and working. This House has even appropriated funds to it. Why did we not withhold funds for IEBC if we are saying without commissioners nothing can work? The same persons who are supposed to conduct by-elections are staff working for IEBC. They are paid salaries and allowances. What is missing is that gazette notice by the Chairman of IEBC. We do not have him in office now. Will the people of Banissa and Magarini suffer because of issues that are not of their making? I do not think so. It is time that we made amendments to this Act. It is for posterity. I am sure, probably in 2027 after elections, the commissioners will also go away for whatever reasons. If this Act is in place, however, and there is a by-election in a constituency or county assembly, the CEO will gazette a returning officer. I want to make it very clear that this only works if the commissioners are not in office. This House can do that."
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