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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "keep that provision in this particular Report. However, all is not lost. We have the power to comprehensively develop a law that will set the standards for impeachment. Recommendation 842 is about resolving electoral disputes. I want to agree that we take that away from the IEBC and allow the parties to manage their resolutions or their disputes. Paragraph 843 is on entrenchment of the Senate Oversight Fund, the NG-CDF, and also the Ward Fund, which is very important. If we are to undertake our work as the Senate and oversight the county governments, that fund is critical. I am happy it has been take into account. Paragraph 843 is on the establishment of the Office of the Opposition. That proposal is important. This is because if we resolve and put it in the Constitution there will be an Office of the Opposition, then that particular Office will be able to oversight and play the role that is anticipated in the Constitution. Finally, recommendation on Paragraph 863 is very interesting. It recommends that there will be a discussion as to whether the former commissioners can be reinstated by withdrawing the court case and so on. This is very interesting and I do not know how it will be implemented. It is upon this House to discuss that. Some of those commissioners resigned. I do not know how this Committee envisages how we are going to implement that particular recommendation. Anyway, it is part of the recommendations. It will be interesting to know how we are going to implement that particular recommendation. As I conclude, regarding the two-thirds gender rule; if you read recommendation on paragraph 834, it appears to me that the Committee did not want to deal with this issue because of the existence of the multi-sectoral working groups. I want to oppose this particular proposal. This is because the multi-sectoral working groups did not have the power to deny NADCO to deal with this issue, noting that this is a constitutional requirement. This particular Report is not cast in stone. I want to recommend that this House can still amend that particular proposal, so that we can then include the issue of the two- thirds gender rule in this debate. It is important for our women. For us in the Kenya Kwanza team, we have a whole charter for mainstreaming women in our governance. We have done it before and it is possible. We were together with my colleague, Sen. Onyonka, in the other House. This is an issue we have been discussing for many years. When I was the Chairperson of Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) in the National Assembly, this issue came up and we discussed it. However, it never went far. Madam Temporary Speaker, even as you sit there as the Chair, this is an issue you have spoken about strongly. I join Members who are opposing this particular proposal, but we can amend it. I support this Motion---"
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